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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of
Page 430
Surname: BASCOM
Col.
George BASCOM was one of the pioneer settlers of Cattaraugus county, and was
prominently known in this town, where the most of his life was spent. In the days of general trainings he was
closely connected with the State militia, whence he obtained his title of
colonel. He died in Allegany village
April 11, 1893, in his eighty-fourth year.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of
Page 430
Surnames: BLAIR, GRAVES
Jason
BLAIR, a native of
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of
Page 430
Surnames: BOCKOVEN, VAN
VLACK, LAMBERTON, RENWICK, RICE, HAYES, WILLARD
Lieut.
William C. BOCKOVEN was born in
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Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of
Page 430
Surnames: BOOTH, SLOCUM,
HEALD
Edward
BOOTH was born in
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Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of
Page 430
Surnames: BOSTWICK, MEEKER,
BROOKS
Harry
BOSTWICK was born in
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of
Page 431
Surnames: BUCHER, SUTTER,
KREIN
John
B. BUCHER, a weaver by trade, with his wife, Mary Ann SUTTER, and their two
daughters and one son, emigrated to
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of
Page 431
Surnames: BURLINGAME, JONES,
LYON
Ira
BURLINGAME, the father of Mrs. Cordelia C. JONES, was born in
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of
Page 431
Surnames: CALKINS, MACK, WAY,
SIMMONS
John
C. CALKINS, born in Ballston,
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of
Page 431
Surnames: CARLS, HEIT
John
H. CARLS was born in
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of
Page 432
Surnames: CHAMBERLIN, PLATT,
BECKER, GOODEN, PARKS, COVELL
Charles
CHAMBERLIN, son of Moses and Anna (PLATT) CHAMBERLIN, was born December 11,
1818, and married Caroline BECKER, of Chautauqua county, Nov. 12, 1848. She was born March 9, 1829. Mr. CHAMBERLIN came to Allegany over forty
years ago and settled on a farm about one mile north of the village. He also owned a saw-mill on Five Mile
creek. Feb. 16, 1880, while
superintending the manufacture of lumber at the mill, the circular saw caught a
board from the carriage which it severed in an instant and one of the pieces,
thrown with great velocity, struck Mr. CHAMBERLIN on the left temple, causing
instant death. He was an earnest member
of the Methodist Episcopal church. His
widow resides on the homestead. Their
children are William M., born April 22, 1850, G. Frank, born Nov. 3, 1853,
married Kate GOODEN, December 1, 1880, and has three children, Lewis M.,
Florence B., and Willard A.; Charles E., born August 3, 1856; Frederick E.,
born September 12, 1859; Anna P., born April 27, 1862, married Frank PARKS, of
Allegany, and has three children, Grace, Sadie, and Clara; John, born June 10,
1865; and Jennie, born October 4, 1868.
William M. CHAMBERLIN is a farmer and owns the mill where his father met
his death. He married Miss Roslia
COVELL, March 24, 1875. She was born
September 16, 1850. Their children are
Mabel C., Carrie J., Lewis S., Roy P. (deceased); and Edna R.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of
Page 432
Surname: CHAPIN
The
CHAPIN family has long been well known in Allegany. The first representative who came here was
Jabez CHAPIN, Sr., from
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of
Page 432
Surnames: CLARK, JONES,
LOOMIS, TYRRELL
Alfred
CLARK, born in
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Pages 432 & 433
Surnames: CLARK, PRESTON
Henry
CLARK, born in Franklin, N. Y., September 3, 1830, came to this town with his
parents when nine years of age. He
served three years in the late war in Co. D, 154th N. Y. Vols. He is now engaged in lumbering and farming. He married Mary J. PRESTON, December 12,
1854, who was born in Hinsdale, December 2, 1836. They have six children, viz.: Staley A. (died
July 29, 1861), Ida J. (died Jan. 16, 1887), Harriet A., Lewis G., Anna E., and
Gracie M.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 433
Surnames: CORTHELL, FITCH,
FIELD
Lewis
S. CORTHELL was born in Lima, Livingston county, in 1837, and in 1840 or 1841
came with his parents, Daniel and Sally (FITCH) CORTHELL, to Allegany (then
Burton). His father and mother dying
when he was very young he was early in life thrown upon his own resources for
support, and in 1851 he began to learn the trade of harness maker, which has
been his life vocation. May 5, 1859, Mr.
CORTHELL married Annette F., daughter of Rev. J. M. FIELD, of Machias; they
have an adopted daughter, Gertrude S. It
is not in a business capacity only that Mr. CORTHELL is known to his
townsmen. In 1862 he entered Co. C, 154th
N. Y. Vols., and was postmaster of Allegany from 1866 to 1869 (through Johnson's
administration). He was also justice of
the peace for eight years from April, 1882, until he was compelled to resign in
1890, by reason of deafness, has served as town clerk, and for twenty-three
consecutive years was clerk of the School Board. Mr. CORTHELL is a member of the Presbyterian
church and is at all times deeply interested in the success of the Democratic
party. He is widely known and much
esteemed.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 433
Surnames: DONAHUE,
FITZGERALD, BURNS, CRONYN
Michael DONAHUE, who was born in Ireland, September 25,
1820, came to America in the fall of 1850.
After residing six years in Buffalo he came to Allegany, where he is
said to have cleared a piece of land by moonlight, his days being occupied in
the employ of others. He was one of the
pioneer farmers of the town and as a man has always been much respected. In the fall of 1852 he married Mary
FITZGERALD, who died March 26, 1883.
Their children were Ellen (Mrs. William BURNS), Bridget (Mrs. John
CRONYN), Thomas, Michael P. (born March 1, 1865, died February 22, 1885), John,
Mary, Mattie, and Maggie.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 433
Surnames: DYE, MERRILL,
MOORE, PIXLEY
Dennis
DYE was born in Litchfield, N. Y., March 15, 1805. In 1830 he removed to western New York, and
from then until his death lived much of the time in Cattaraugus county. In April, 1852, he settled in Allegany as a
farmer and died here February 23, 1872.
His wife, Minerva MERRILL, who was born in Johnstown, N. Y., September
27, 1808, died here September 27, 1887.
Their son Nathan A. was born in Litchfield, August 22, 1829, came to
Freedom, and thence on March 7, 1852, to this town, where he became a merchant,
dying December 5, 1882. A Democrat in politics
Mr. DYE was elected to many town offices and in 1871 became justice of sessions
of the county. Jan. 26, 1851, he married
Rosaline, daughter of Oliver MOORE, a farmer and an early settler of Freedom
and subsequently (in 1869) a resident of Allegany, where he died March 2,
1877. Mr. MOORE was born in Vermont,
April 6, 1804, and his wife, Judith PIXLEY Jan. 12, 1796. Mr. and Mrs. DYE had born to them these
children: Charles O., born May 18, 1852, died December 29, 1887; Mason M., born
May 6, 1854; Jennie R., Sept. 23, 1858; Edwina M., July 11, 1860, William H.,
Nov. 19, 1862; Nellie B., Sept. 3, 1868; and Nathan E., October 14, I870, died
Sept. 14, 1871. Mrs. DYE died Dec. 22,
1892. Mason M. and William H. are
bankers in Allegany village. Mason M.
was supervisor of Allegany from 1886 to 1889 inclusive.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Pages 433 & 434
Surnames: EGGLESTON, HOPPING,
ATWOOD, GILLETT, SPICER, BLISS, HADSELL, BURDICK
Isaac
EGGLESTON, born in Vermont, February 13, 1792, came with his brother to
Onondaga county about 1808, where in 1819, he married Rebecca HOPPING. In 1820 they settled in Olean and finally
removed to Allegany, locating on Five Mile creek and subsequently on Nine Mile
run, where Mr. EGGLESTON died May 17, 1872.
His wife died February 15, 1872.
They had eight children, three of whom died in infancy; the others are
Eliza A. (Mrs. Jeremiah ATWOOD), Clarissa A. (Mrs. Cornelius GILLETT).
deceased, John W., Almira B. (Mrs. Horace O. SPICER), and Rev. Charles C. John W. EGGLESTON married, first, Lydia L.
BLISS, Dec. 2, 1858, by whom he had three children, Cora, Charles L., and
William F. He married, second, August
27, 1873, Euphonia A., daughter of Abel and Lucy (HADSELL) BURDICK.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany – Chapter
XVIII (18)
Page 434
Surnames: EISERT, FICK
George
EISERT was born in Buffalo on the 7th of February, 1860, and came to Allegany
in 1874 and engaged in peeling bark, beginning his present business in
1880. September 2, 1884, he was married
to Anna FICK, who has borne him three children: Frank J., James W., and
Lena. Mr. EISERT is a respected citizen
and a prominent factor in the German population of the town.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 434
Surnames: EMMONS, BORN
John
C. EMMONS was born in Corning, June 13, 1856.
There he received his education.
He married Ella BORN, of Cuba, Sept. 15, 1880, and came to Allegany in
1883. Mr. EMMONS is an experienced and
reliable pharmacist. His is the leading
drug store in Allegany village.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 434
Surnames: FARQUHARSON, HALE
James
Henry FARQUHARSON, son of Francis and Margaret A. FARQUHARSON, was born in East
Pike, Wyoming county, March 23, 1837. He
became a telegraph operator in 1854 and performed the duties of that avocation
in several stations in Cattaraugus county, receiving the appointment at
Allegany on May 1, 1856. His wife,
Marion J. HALE, of Hinsdale, whom he married August 19, 1856, bore him six
children: Francis H., Fred H., William L., Millie J., Charles B., and Van
Deusen. Mr. FARQUHARSON held many
offices of trust, including that of supervisor on the Greenback ticket in 1878,
and was prominently connected with the business, religious, and educational
interests of the town and county.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 434
Surnames: FELT, LICHTENTHAL,
KARL, COLT, REHLER, CLARK
Nicholas
FELT, a native of Germany, was born May 3, 1823, and came to America in
1849. His first home was in Buffalo,
from whence he moved to this town about 1861 with his brother-in-law. Three years prior to this, however, he had
purchased his present home. His wife was
Margaret LICHTENTHAL, who was born in Germany, December 31, 1827, and whom he
married September 14, 1849. Children:
Mary (Mrs. Joseph KARL), Magdalena (Mrs. Louis COLT), Katie (Mrs. Albert KARL),
Margaret (Mrs. Andrew REHLER), Joseph, John (who married Angie CLARK),
Nicholas, and Annie. The family are all
exemplary, industrious citizens and are counted among the town's representative
settlers.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Pages 434 & 435
Surnames: FREELAND, ROBINSON,
NORWOOD, HARDY, WORTHINGTON, SOULE, LOOMIS
James
FREELAND was born in Caroline, N. Y., May 11, 1810. His father, Robert FREELAND, born in the
North of Ireland about 1773, came to America in 1798 and settled in Tompkins
county, where he married Catharine ROBINSON in 1800. He was a farmer and mechanic. James FREELAND attended the common schools
and worked on his father's farm. May 23,
1833, he married Lucinda, daughter of Jonathan NORWOOD, Esq., of Caroline, and
in 1836 removed to Allegany with his wife and two children. He soon became an expert river pilot, which
occupation he followed for thirty years and never had a "breakup,"
but always landed his rafts safely at their place of destination. He was prominent and popular, and constantly
in town offices until his retirement on account of old age. He successfully filled the offices of highway
commissioner, justice of the peace, assessor, and postmaster. In 1876 he was the Democratic nominee for
member of Congress. The characteristics
that distinguish his life are enterprise, perseverance, honesty, and
integrity. Mr. and Mrs. FREELAND's
children are Dolphus S., who married Fannie E. NORWOOD in October, 1868, and
now resides in Maywood, Neb., where he is postmaster; Jonathan B., who married
Mariette HARDY, November 2, 1859, and is a minister of the Free Methodist
church; Ruvena, who married Rev. Randolph WORTHINGTON, October 30, 1873; James
A., who married Lottie E. SOULE, November 27, 1870, resides in Allegany; and
Mabel L., who married Rev. H. H. LOOMIS.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 435
Surnames: FRIES, MESSER
John
FRIES was born in Buffalo, November 24, 1846, and came to Allegany with his
parents when he was eight years of age.
They were farmers and settled on the farm where John now resides. John FRIES was a soldier in the Rebellion,
enlisting in Co. H, 188th N. Y. Vols.
June 16, 1866, he married Elizabeth MESSER; children: Maggie, Annie,
Mary, Lizzie, and Josie.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 435
Surnames: GALLETS, MOHR,
BLAZUR, BRAND, GEISER, GEARINGER, NUSSER, KARL
Jacob
GALLETS, Sr., was born in 1815 in Germany, where he married Susan, daughter of
Jacob MOHR. With an only son they came
to Allegany in the spring of 1853. Jacob
MOHR had contracted for 250 acres of wild land on Four Mile creek, which was
worked by himself and three sons, Henry, Joseph, and Peter, and John BLAZUR and
Jacob GALLETS. These pioneers cleared
their tract, and in winter were jobbers in cutting logs, spending their
evenings in shaving pine shingles, which their wives packed into bunches for
market. Upon the division of the
250-acre tract Jacob GALLETS received thirty-seven and one-half acres as his
share. He added to this from time to
time and at his death, February 10, 1879, had a farm of 360 acres. His widow survives him. Their children were Henry, Marcus, Mary,
Joseph A., Jacob, Jr., Henry, Anna, and Barbara. Henry died in infancy. Marcus GALLETS was born in Germany, October
4, 1852, married Lucy BRAND, of Allegany, and resides in Pennsylvania. Mary was born here May 7, 1854, married
Philip GEISER, and lives in Olean.
Joseph A. GALLETS, born February 14, 1857, is engaged in farming,
lumbering, and oil producing. May 7,
1878, he married Fanny GEARINGER, who has borne him six children: Jacob, Jr.,
Mary, Clara, Rosie, Laney, and Barbara.
Jacob GALLETS was born October 6, 1858, and November 8, 1883, married
Mary A., daughter of George NUSSER. They
have four children, viz.; Theresa, George J., Mary E., and Grace A. Henry GALLETS, born May 6, 1861, is a farmer. May 5, 1886, he married Sophia E., daughter
of George NUSSER, and they have two daughters, Agatha T. and Sophia G. Anna GALLETS was born in 1863. Barbara, the eighth child of Jacob GALLETS,
was born November 1, 1865, and married, April 4, 1887, Jacob KARL, who was born
April 4, 1862. Their children are
Katharine S. and Ernest J.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 435
Surnames: GATES, BRANDALL,
HIGGINS, LOBDGER, ERWIN, PERKINS
Rossell
GATES, born in Canada on March 12, 1834, went to the oil regions of
Pennsylvania in 1865, at a time when "Oil Well Johnnie," sprung into
prominence as a spendthrift and had a meteoric career. Mr. GATES settled at Knapp's Creek in 1883
and removed in 1890 to the BRANDALL farm.
On the 4th of January, 1855, he married Alecia HIGGINS, daughter of
William HIGGINS, for fifty-two years high bailiff of Toronto, Can. Children: Hannah (Mrs. John LOBDGER), Mary
Ann (deceased), Jonathan (deceased), Roswell, Lydia (Mrs. Henry ERWIN), and
Anna (Mrs. Frank PERKINS).
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Pages 435 & 436
Surnames: GEIGER, GATEZ,
LIPPERT
Jacob
GEIGER, born in Germany, April 24, 1841, came to America with his mother in
1854, landing in New York city on the 12th of October. His mother, after the death of Mr. GEIGER,
married Peter GATEZ, and after living in Buffalo two weeks came to Allegany,
arriving here in November, 1854, and settling on a farm on the Nine Mile
run. In 1861 Jacob GEIGER enlisted in
Co. H, 37th N. Y. Vols., and was discharged on the 6th of September of the same
year for disability. In 1864 he
re-enlisted in Co. A, 188th N. Y. Vols., and served until the close of the
war. He participated in many important
battles and suffered much hardship.
November 12, 1866, he married Rossella, daughter of Albert KARL, and
their children are John (deceased), Joseph, Katie (Mrs. Andrew LIPPERT),
Robert, Rosie, and Mary (deceased).
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 436
Surname: GORDON
Rev.
Walter GORDON is a son of John GORDON and was born in Rushford, N. Y., January
22, 1824. In 1849 he located in Olean
and the following year joined the Methodist Episcopal Conference. Rev. Mr. GORDON, during the years of his
ministry, was stationed in various places in western New York and achieved wide
distinction as a thorough worker and eloquent preacher. He was eminently successful in building up
his charges to a higher degree of activity and usefulness, and left in all many
warm friends and followers. He is now
engaged in farming, being the owner of a large tract of land in southern
Cattaraugus.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 436
Surnames: HAASE, REHKOPF,
WIEGRAFE, ANGLE, SMITH, CONNHAISER, MASNER
Frederick
HAASE, son of John H. and Louisa HAASE, was born in Germany, Nov. 18,
1824. After his father's death in 1860
he came to Allegany with his family and mother and bought a farm where he still
resides. Louisa HAASE was born in 1797
and died in 1875. Frederick married,
first, Laney REHKOPF and second Louisa WIEGRAFE. By his first wife he had seven children, two
of whom died in infancy; the others are Henry F., Frederick E., Caroline,
Hanna, and August V. Henry F. HAASE was
born in Germany, Oct. 19, 1845, and is a farmer. He married Catharine A., daughter of George
J. and Catharine (ANGLE) SMITH, Oct. 1, 1872, and they have bad two children,
George F. and Emma. August V. HAASE,
born Nov. 18, 1855, is a farmer on the homestead. He married Anna, daughter of Martin and
Margaret (CONNHAISER) MASNER, April 12, 1883.
She was born July 24, 1863. Their
children are Howard F., Frederick H., Raymond, and Mildred.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 436
Surnames: HALL, MORRIS
George
A. HALL, son of Lewis S., was born in Westfield, Chautauqua county, May 2,
1841. He came to Allegany in the fall of
1860, married Hattie C. MORRIS, of Chesterfield, Va., and has had born to him
seven children, of whom six are living.
Mr. HALL has a sash and door factory and planing-mill in the village
which was owned and operated by his father for several years up to the time of
his death in 1876.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 436
Surnames: HARBEL, KIANAN,
BOCKMIER, SCHIFTER, EHBORER, SCHUMANN
John
HARBEL, Sr., was born in Germany, Aug. 6, 1816, and married there Katharine
KIANAN. He was among the early settlers
on Four Mile run. His wife died July 30,
1876. He resides with his son John,
Jr. They had four children: John, Jr.,
Andrew, Tresea, and Maggie. John, Jr.,
was born May 5, 1850, married Rose, daughter of George and Mary A. (BOCKMIER)
SCHIFTER, Jan. 7, 1877, and has three children: Mary, Anna T., and George. Mr. HARBEL is engaged in farming and
producing oil. Andrew HARBEL was born
Aug. 12, 1852, married Tresea SCHIFTER on Oct. 21, 1879, and died July 26,
1882. Tresea HARBEL, born April 10,
1857, married August EHBORER. Maggie
HARBEL was born March 8, 1860, and married, May 4, 1886, Anton SCHUMANN, who
was born in Germany, Feb. 13, 1859, and came to Allegany in 1885. They have two children, Katie and Agnes.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 436
Surnames: HARMS, ACKLEY,
BRADY, MILLER
Henry
E. HARMS, a native of Germany, was born January 14, 1859, and came to Scio,
Allegany county, with his parents in 1868.
In 1878 he accepted a position as clerk with A. E. ACKLEY, with whom he
remained four years. In 1884 he formed a
co-partnership with W. E. BRADY, of Allegany, in the boot and shoe business,
which continued until 1887, when Mr. HARMS built the brick block where he is
now located. He married Polena daughter
of John MILLER, of Allegany, and they have one child, Mintie Louise.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Pages 436 & 437
Surnames: HILLS, MIDDAUGH,
SEELEY, WRIGHT, ALTENBURG, GROSSMAN
Zarah
C. HILLS, born in Tompkins county in 1814, came to Portville about 1831 and to
Allegany in 1868. He married Amanda
MIDDAUGH, of Allegany county, in 1837.
She died January 25, 1885. Mr.
HILLS resides in Warren county, Pa. They
had five children, of whom Elphonso, James M., Miranda, and Jennie are
living. Elphonso HILLS was born July 28,
1838, and is engaged in the manufacture of bee-hives and in handling bees. He married Martha E. SEELEY, February 17,
1862, who was born in Owego, N. Y., June 30, 1841. Their children are Flora I. (Mrs. William
WRIGHT), Addie B. (Mrs. Abram ALTENBURG), Minnie H. (Mrs. Charles GROSSMAN),
and Floyd A.
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Surnames: HIRT, SMITHER,
ZISTER
Andrew
HIRT, father of Henry, was born in Germany in 1810. He came to Buffalo in 1835, where he married
Mary A. SMITHER, and in 1855 removed to Allegany, where he cleared 100 acres of
woodland, and where he still resides.
His wife died August 21, 1878.
Their children were Lena, Louie (deceased), Mary, Francis (deceased),
Henry, and Andrew. Henry HIRT, born
September 24, 1850, married, October 3, 1876, Agatha ZISTER, who was born
February 9, 1856. Their children are
Mary L. Clara M. (deceased), Theresa M., Vincent H. (deceased), Frank L., and
Annetta A.
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Surnames: JONES, LYON,
BURLINGAME, BURNETT
Homer
H. JONES, son of Benjamin, was born in this county April 10, 1826. He came to Allegany when about twelve years
of age, and in 1851 bought the farm where he now lives. He married Cordelia C., daughter of Ira and Elizabeth
(LYON) BURLINGAME, May 21, 1854. She was
born in Franklinville, May 21, 1832.
They have one child, Willis P., born August 9, 1859, who married Eva
BURNETT, November 6, 1884, by whom he also has one child, Rochester B. They reside in Buffalo.
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Surnames: KARST, PRESACK,
KERBER, LAKE, SCHAFER
George
KARST, born in Germany, November 8, 1828, came to Fredonia, Chautauqua county,
in 1852 and thence to Allegany in 1866.
Here he was engaged in manufacturing light and heavy carriages in
partnership with Joseph PRESACK until 1880, when the firm dissolved, Mr. KARST
succeeding to the business, which he still conducts. He married, first, in 1854, Magdalene KERBER,
who died October 16, 1884, and he married, second, Barbara LAKE, of Buffalo,
February 17, 1887. His first wife was
the mother of all his children: Philip, Charles, and Anna. Philip KARST is a wagon maker and repairer
and dealer in carriages. He married
Katie SCHAFER, of Allegany, June 10, 1878; she was born in Germany, October 23,
1858. They have four children: George
P., Lena J., Emma K., and Clarence C.
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Surnames: LEWIS, McNALL, KEIM
Oren
J. LEWIS was born in Collins, Erie county, September 4, 1842. He came to Allegany in 1869, married Olive
A., daughter of Levi McNALL, October 14, 1871, and he has had two children: Ada
L. and Leroy M. Mr. LEWIS with William
KEIM organized the Crescent Milling Company in 1882, and by careful management
the firm has established a substantial business and an enviable reputation.
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Surnames: LINDERMAN, FARWELL,
WHITLOCK, ROGERS, SEARL, SILL, SMITH, CANADY
Nicholas
LINDERMAN, born in Tompkins county, November 22, 1803, settled in Ischua in
1831. He was the father of eleven
children (see Hinsdale). His son, John
M. LINDERMAN, born in Ischua, October 4, 1831, married Ellen E., daughter of
Thaddeus J. and Elizabeth FARWELL, June 14, 1855, and came to Allegany in 1869,
settling the farm where he now resides.
They have had three children: Medora F. (Mrs. Stanley WHITLOCK), Flora
E. (Mrs. George ROGERS), and Ray. Orson,
son of Nicholas, was born March 23, 1836.
He married Hannah FARWELL, by whom he has five children: Charles, Alice,
Nicholas, Eola, and Ellen. They reside
in Allegany. Nicholas A. LINDERMAN was
born March 11, 1838, and married Lucinda SEARL.
Mary LINDERMAN was born June 26, 1840, and married Jackson SILL. Lester P. LINDERMAN was born March 13, 1842,
and is a farmer in Allegany. He married
Frances SMITH, by whom he had one child, Gertrude E., who married Charles
CANADY. Mr. LINDERMAN married, second,
Clara WHITLOCK, of Hinsdale, December 12, 1876.
Adeline and Emeline (twins) were born Aug. 25, 1844. Edgar LINDERMAN was born March 17, 1847, and
died September 11, 1850.
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Surnames: MASNER, MACK,
CONNHAISER
Martin
MASNER, born December 11, 1823, came to America from Germany in 1847 and to
this town in 1851, where he still resides.
He married, first, Elizabeth MACK, by whom he had four children, of whom
Henry MASNER is the only one living. His
second wife, Margaret CONNHAISER, was born in Germany, November 11, 1826, and
by her he had nine children: Horace, died Oct. 26, 1881; Freddie, died Nov. 19,
1889; John, of Iowa; George, of Allegany; and Margaret, Carrie, Anna, Mary, and
Minnie.
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Surnames: McCARTY, McAULIFFE,
BLAIR
William
P. McCARTY was born in Utica, N. Y., January 1, 1849. In 1854 he moved to Princeton, Ill., and in
February, 1870, married Miss Margaret McAULIFFE, of Allegany. They have a son and a daughter. In 1887 Mr. McCARTY was appointed postmaster
of Allegany by President Cleveland and served until April, 1891. He has been engaged in the furniture and
undertaking business with J. C. BLAIR since 1889. He is a member of the C. M. B. A.
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Surnames: McCLURE, WARNER,
BURLINGAME, TAGGART, STARR, GRIFFIN, CHAPMAN
Hiram W. McCLURE was the first white male child born in
Cattaraugus county. His birth occurred
at McCLURE settlement in the town of Franklinville on the 30th of April, 1806
and he was the eldest of nine children born to David and Orilla (WARNER)
McCLURE, of whom something is said in the history of that town. David McCLURE was born in Stafford, Conn.,
June 29, 1778, and died in Allegany, January 20, 1848; his wife was born in the
same place December 24, 1783, and died in Franklinville, February 19,
1849. Their children, besides Hiram W.,
were Antoinette, born January 5, 1808, died in Kansas, August 1, 1888; Adaline,
born March 15, 1810, died May 4, 1811; Sidney W., born December 30, 1811, of
Wisconsin; Hannah, born October 5, 1813, died December 10, 1866; David, Jr.,
born March 17, 1815, a physician of Indiana; Pennel, born January 2, 1817, a
physician in Ohio, where he died October 6, 1842; Dexter, born February 9,
1819, a physician in Indiana, where he died February 24, 1879; and Lemira, born
June 3, 1822, of Minnesota. Hiram W.
McCLURE on September 12, 1830, married Caroline BURLINGAME, who was born
September 21, 1813, and who died January 6, 1887. Children: Dr. Sanford B. (see p. 114);
Elizabeth L., born February 2, 1838, died 1839; Alice B., born August 5, 1840,
married W. B. TAGGART; Maria E., born July 12, 1842, married Riley L. STARR,
who died in Ellicottville, December 26, 1886; Esther C., born December 6, 1844,
married George S. GRIFFIN; Rosebelle, born June 2, 1847; Francis C., born
February 12, 1850; Agnes G., born Nov. 12, 1851, married Dr. E. A. CHAPMAN, of
Jefferson county; and Kate L., born Sept. 22, 1856. Hiram W. McCLURE located where he now resides
in 1847. His first ballot was cast in
1828 for Andrew Jackson for president, and since then he has voted at every
regular election except one. It is
doubtful if another man in western New York can claim such an unbroken record. He has ever been prominent in town affairs
and has held nearly every office of trust and responsibility. In 1838 and 1839 he represented Franklinville
on the Board of Supervisors and in 1851 and 1873 served in the same capacity
for the town of Allegany. His son and
his father were several times elected to the same office, the former from
Allegany and the latter from Ischua and Franklinville. As a citizen Mr. McCLURE is greatly respected
and esteemed. He has lived an active,
honorable, upright life, and has always been foremost in promoting the general
weal of the Communities in which he has resided.
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Surnames: McCOY, WICKHAM,
THORNTON, ALLEN, BURDICK
Richard
H. McCOY, born in Goshen, N.Y., April 30, 1811, married Mary Ann WICKHAM
November 17, 1835, who was born June 4, 1811, and died November 30, 1889. Mr. McCOY came to Ellicottville at an early
day, and finally removed to Allegany and located where he now resides. His children are Abigail (Mrs. David
THORNTON), Elizabeth (Mrs. Seth D. ALLEN), Richard, Albert, Mary Ann (died in
infancy), Alfred, and Susan. Richard
McCOY enlisted in Co. I, 64th N. Y. Vols., was wounded at Fair Oaks, was
confined in Libby, Salisbury, and Belle Isle prisons, and married, May 1, 1867,
Sarah B. BURDICK, and has three children: Albertus A., Gertrude B., and
Florence L.
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Surnames: McINTOSH, EVERTS,
PRATT, JOHNSON, PARKER
Silvertus
D. McINTOSH was born at Homer, Cortland county, May 13, 1831. He came to Humphrey with his parents,
Jonathan and Annie McINTOSH, when thirteen years of age. He served in the Rebellion on the U. S.
steamer Paw Paw and died Jan. 9,
1866. He married, Jan. 5, 1861, Cornelia
S., daughter of Rollin and Susan (EVERTS) PRATT, who came from Vermont to Olean
in 1838, where Mr. PRATT died in 1886 and his wife June 19, 1889. Mrs. McINTOSH resides on the homestead. They reared children as follows: Salina G.,
Addie C. (Mrs. Myron D. JOHNSON), Annis S. (Mrs. John A. PARKER), Jonathan E.,
Elizabeth C., Lillie F., Grace U., and Judson R.
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Surnames: McMAHAN, CLARY,
DEVEREUX, EDGERTON, HICKEY
Thomas
McMAHAN, brother of John McMAHAN, of Ellicottville, was born in County Clare,
Ireland, in 1830, came to America with his younger brother, James, about 1844,
and spent the remainder of his youth in Ellicottville, where he married Ann
CLARY. Soon afterward he settled in
Allegany and engaged in farming on the DEVEREUX farm. Later he purchased the EDGERTON homestead on
the Five Mile, where he was a thrifty farmer and an extensive dealer in live
stock. Mr. McMAHAN was a man of
integrity, sound judgment, and of more than ordinary business ability. He died May 14, 1877. Mrs. McMAHAN survives and resides on the
homestead. Their children are Mary A.
(Mrs. Eugene HICKEY), of Allegany; Nora T., John C., and Thomas F., who reside
with their mother; and James G., an enterprising merchant in Ellicottville,
secretary of the Board of Trade, and for a time a member of the Board of
Village Trustees. John C. McMAHAN, like
his father, is one of the heaviest dealers in live stock in Cattaraugus county.
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Surnames: MILLER, RUPPERT,
SCHRADER
John
MILLER was born in Bavaria, Dec. 14, 1833.
He came to Maryland in 1853 and in 1860 removed to Allegany, where in
1883 he built the MILLER block, which contains a hall capable of seating about
500 people. Mr. MILLER was overseer of
the poor eleven years, commissioner of public highways two years, and school
trustee fifteen years. He married, in
Nov., 1855, Rose RUPPERT, who died Nov. 24, 1886. By her he had eight children: Eve, Joseph,
Polly, John, Kate, Andrew, Charles, and Rose, all of whom are living except
Eve, who died November 5, 1879. He
married, second, Mary SCHRADER, of Salamanca, Sept. 10, 1889.
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Surnames: MOHR, MIAR
Henry MOHR was born in Germany, July 8, 1832, came to
Buffalo and thence to Allegany in 1853, settling on 125 acres of land which he
has cleared. June 10, 1859, he married
Ann MIAR, who was born in Germany, June 26, 1834. They have eight children; Joseph, Katie,
Andrew, John, George, Anna, Frank, and Martha.
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Surnames: MORTIMER, KEMMER,
SPINDLER
John
MORTIMER was born in Belgium, October 28, 1828, came to Allegany in 1854, and
settled on Chipmunk creek. In 1860 he
returned to Belgium on a visit and there married Mary KEMMER, March 4,
1861. In 1867 he took possession of
their present home. Their children are
John H., Josephine A. (Mrs. John J. SPINDLER), Henry F., and Mary A.
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Surnames: MULTRUS, ZINK,
SMITH
Joseph
H. MULTRUS was born in Dayton, December 8, 1857. September 18, 1883, he married Mrs. Libbie
(ZINK) SMITH, daughter of William F. ZINK, of Allegany, by whom he has had
three children, viz.: Mary, Libbie, and Joseph.
Mr. MULTRUS is a prosperous farmer in the town of Allegany.
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Surnames: NENNO, ZINK,
FURNACE
Nicholas
H. NENNO was born in Buffalo, June 5, 1838, came to this town about 1857, and
was a farmer and lumberman. About 1867
he bought the farm where his widow now resides.
February 13, 1890, Mr. NENNO was killed by falling from the top of a
tank house at the oil well on the ZINK farm, where he was at work. At the time of his death he was poormaster
and president of Branch 41, C. M. B. A.
January 15, 1858, he married Barbara FURNACE, of Buffalo. They reared twelve children: John, William,
Mary, George, Michael, Joseph, Victor, Lena, Frank, Freddie, Charles, and
Edward.
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Surnames: NESSEL, GRIMES, BOUGHTON,
DYE
Joseph
NESSEL was born in Montgomery county January 15, 1830, and about 1855 married
Almari GRIMES, of Vermont. Their two
children were George H. and Mary. When
sixteen years of age Mr. NESSEL came to this town and contracted for 378 acres of
land, which he paid for by clearing off the timber and converting it into
lumber. His first habitation was a log
cabin, which stood 150 rods from his present home. Four years later he erected another near by
and subsequently a third on the site of his present residence. This burned down February 1, 1885. He was one of the earliest settlers on the
Four Mile and has always been considered a solid, substantial citizen. His son George H. was born in March, 1857,
married Harriet BOUGHTON, and has one child, Joseph B. The daughter, Mary, born in 1859, married
Charles O. DYE, and died in 1884; Mr. DYE's death occurred in 1885. They left one child, Florence E.
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Surnames: NORWOOD, LAKE,
HILLS, PHILLIPS
Thomas
C. NORWOOD was born in Caroline, N. Y., Dec. 30, 1820, and came to Allegany on
a visit about 1842. After remaining one
year he returned to Tompkins county, but in 1860 came back and settled
permanently. He has been a farmer and
blacksmith. He married, in 1846, Sarah
LAKE, of Tompkins county, who bore him three children: Byron, Fred H., and
Nettie.
Byron
NORWOOD was born Oct. 30, 1847, and for about twenty years has been express
messenger between Salamanca and Chicago.
He married Jennie HILLS, of Allegany, November 1, 1872, and they have
had four children -- Harry, Guy, Genevieve, and Geraldine.
Fred
H. NORWOOD was born Aug. 27, 1849, and is a farmer. He married Celestia PHILLIPS, Oct. 14, 1875,
and has two children, Agnes G. and Emma D.
Nettie
NORWOOD, born July 28, 1852, died April 15, 1862.
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Surnames: PERRIGO, STEDMAN,
BESSEY, RAISH, CHASE
Lyman
PERRIGO, a native of Franklinville, was born Sept. 20, 1832, and married, July
4, 1853, Mary Ann, only child and daughter of Frederick and Maria M. (STEDMAN)
BESSEY, who bore him two children – Fred C., born Feb. 2, 1856, married Flora,
daughter of Thomas and Eliza RAISH, of Allegany Oct. 26, 1885, has two
children, Raymond N. and Clarence R., and resides on the homestead; and Estella
M., born May 20, 1859, married Edwin E. CHASE, Nov. 6, 1877, and had one child,
Mortimer D. Frederick BESSEY was born in
Vermont, Feb. 6, 1808; his wife was also born there May 15, 1813; they were
married Sept. 29, 1833. They came to
Allegany in 1845. He died here March 30,
1875. His widow survives him and resides
with her daughter, Mary Ann PERRIGO, who was born Sept. 5, 1834.
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Surnames: PHELPS, TORREY,
KEYES, SCOFIELD
Dudley
PHELPS, son of Gideon Spencer PHELPS, was born Sept. 5, 1834, in the town of
Barker, Broome county. He came to
Friendship, Allegany county, in 1854, where, in 1855, he married Maria TORREY,
who bore him two children: Jennie E. (Mrs. S. G. KEYES) and Charles S. both of
Gowanda. The family came to Allegany in
1856, where Mrs. PHELPS died Sept. 10, 1863, while her husband was in the
army. On Aug. 6, 1862, Mr. PHELPS
enlisted in Co. C, 154th N. Y. Vols., and served until the war closed, being
promoted corporal. He married, second,
Nov. 23, 1865, Julia A., daughter of Amos SCOFIELD, of Allegany. Mr. PHELPS is a general merchant, and is
serving his eighteenth term as town clerk.
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Surnames: PHILLIPS, RANNEY,
NORWOOD, PLATNER, McNALL
Abiathar
PHILLIPS, Sr., was born at Ashfield, Mass., Oct. 27, 1774, and married Hannah
RANNEY, Dec. 4, 1800. He came to Phelps,
Ontario county, about 1820, and in 1828 removed to this town with his oldest
son, Abiathar, Jr., locating on land where Fred NORWOOD now lives. In the summer of 1829 he brought his family
to this home, where he and his wife resided the remainder of their lives. He died Feb. 1, 1863, and his wife July 28,
1857. They reared twelve children:
Esther, Eliza, Abiathar, Jr., George, Anna, Samuel R., Jared, Harriet, William
H., Charles H., Alonzo F., and John P., of whom four sons are living: Abiathar,
Jr., William H., Charles H., and John P.
Mr. PHILLIPS served as supervisor of the town in 1845 and 1846. John P. PHILLIPS resides in this town and is
a farmer. He married Sophronia
PLATNER. Jared D. PHILLIPS, son of
Samuel R., was born in Allegany, Oct. 30, 1841.
He married Mary J., daughter of Levi McNALL, Nov. 1, 1876. They have one child, Myrtie M.
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Surnames: POTTER, PRIEST,
LITTLE, CURTISS
Jeremiah
POTTER was born in Otsego county in 1796.
He married Betsey PRIEST, and with his wife and three children came to
Farmersville about 1839. There they
died, she in 1851 and he in 1871. They
reared three children: Eliza A., who married Walter N. LITTLE, of Farmersville,
and died on the homestead in October, 1886; Augustus F., who married Elmira
CURTISS, of Bradford, Pa., and resides in Wisconsin; and Chester L., who was
born Aug. 6, 1834. The latter served in
the late war in Co. K, 105th N. Y. Vols.
He married Mahala PRIEST, Sept. 30, 1870, and came to Allegany in 1880,
where they still reside.
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Surnames: PRESACK, DOMBROWSKY
Joseph
PRESACK, born in Germany, June 18, 1838, emigrated to America in 1862. He served in the late war in Co. I, 16th N.
Y. Cav., and was discharged Sept. 21, 1865.
He came to Allegany in 1866 and worked at his trade of blacksmith until
poor health obliged him to make a change.
He is now in the insurance business.
Oct. 30, 1866, he married Frances DOMBROWSKY, of Allegany, and they have
had four children: Randolph, Frank, Lizzie, and Gustave.
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Surnames: SCHIFTER, BOCKMIER,
HARBEL, FELT
George
SCHIFTER was born in Germany, February 10, 1817. In 1852, the year he came to America, he
married Mary A. BOCKMIER. They settled
in Clearfield county, Pa., whence they moved to this town about 1857. Their first home here was on the Nine Mile
run, but in 1865 they located in Allegany village, where they died – Mr.
SCHIFTER on May 19, 1875, and his wife on June 30, 1884. They had nine children, viz.: Caroline, Mary,
and George who died in infancy, Katie (deceased), Rose (Mrs. John HARBEL),
Tresea (Mrs. Andrew HARBEL), Mary, Lena (Mrs. Joseph FELT), and Michael.
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Surnames: SCHULTZ, SMITH, LAMB
William
F. SCHULTZ was born in Buffalo on the 5th of December, 1860. His father, Charles H. SCHULTZ, moved with
his family to this town in 1861, arriving here on the 8th of November, where
the son has since resided. His wife is
Mary SMITH, by whom he has one son, Howard H.
Mr. SCHULTZ's mother's maiden name was Christina LAMB. The family is a prominent one in the German
element of the town.
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Surnames: SCOFIELD, LINES,
SELLECK, BULLOCK, PHELPS, SMITH, CLAYTON
Amos
SCOFIELD was born in Hadley, Saratoga county, February 22, 1810, and came as a
lumberman to the town of Allegany in 1839, settling on Five Mile run, where he
died April 15, 1858. By his wife, Ruth
LINES, who died here January 21, 1880, he had seven children, viz.: Harriet
(deceased), who married Rev. E. J. SELLECK; Augusta Charlotte (Mrs. A. W.
BULLOCK), of Allegany; Julia A. (Mrs. Dudley PHELPS), of Allegany; Ellen
Lorette (Mrs. Frank S. SMITH), of Binghamton; Lovina E. (Mrs. Rev. T. E.
CLAYTON), of Ocean Grove, N. J.; Amos B., of Rochester; and Willis J., of
Allegany. Mr. SCOFIELD was prominent in
town affairs and owned and operated several saw-mills at various times. His brothers Barzilla settled in Portville,
Harvey in Hinsdale, and Shadrack in Oneida county – all in 1839.
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History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 442
Surnames: SHELDON, LAMBERTON,
OVEROCKER, BROWN, PARK
George
C. SHELDON, a native of New Hartford, Conn., was born Jan. 13, 1811, and when
about twenty-one years of age came to Allegany, where he died Oct. 7,
1882. He was a member of the Free
Methodist church. Nov. 4, 1834, he
married Julia LAMBERTON, of Allegany, by whom he had five children. Mrs. SHELDON was born September 28, 1818, and
died in 1853. Mr. SHELDON married,
second, Elizabeth OVEROCKER, in 1856, who survived but a few years. He married again, in June, 1866, Mrs. Rebecca
H. BROWN, who still resides on the homestead with Norton T. SHELDON. The children of George C. and Julia SHELDON
were George L., Mary A., Norton T., Charles C., and Margaret S. George L., born October 18, 1835, enlisted in
Co. I, 64th N. Y. Vols., and served three years. He is a baker in Allegany. He married Georgianna PARK and they have four
children: Charles F., Park C., a wholesale liquor dealer in Allegany, Luceba
H., and Bennie D. Norton T. SHELDON
resides on the homestead and owns, besides, a saw-mill near the mouth of Five
Mile creek. September 26, 1866, he
married Louisa A. BROWN, and their children are Estella J., Minnie L., and
Clare E. Charles C. SHELDON, Jr., died
Jan. 7, 1885.
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History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 442
Surnames: SMITH, ANGLE,
HAASE, WILLARD, BURGER, GOODWIN, WRIGHT
John
G. SMITH was born in Germany, April 15, 1803. There he married Katharine R. ANGLE in 1838
and emigrated to America in December, 1851, settling first in Buffalo and in
1856 in Allegany, where he died March 23, 1876, and his wife February 8, 1885. They had born to them seven children, three
of whom died in infancy. The others were
Katharine A., Frederick, George, and John S.
Katharine
A. married Henry F. HAASE, of Allegany.
Frederick
SMITH was born in Germany, October 21, 1841, came to America with his parents,
and commenced his business life as a clerk with Erastus WILLARD, who in 1868
admitted him to an equal partnership, which continued until 1884, when Mr.
SMITH became sole owner. April 21, 1881,
he married Mary L. BURGER, who was born in Olean, Aug. 19, 1856, and graduated
from the State Normal School at Fredonia.
They have three children: Raymond, Georgianna and Clinton.
George
SMITH was born Jan. 20, 1845, and served in Co. I, 64th N. Y. Vols., being
fatally wounded in the battle of Gettysburg.
John
S. SMITH, born Aug. 16, 1859, is engaged in the mercantile business with his
brother. He married Emma L., daughter of
Isaac and Eliza J. (GOODWIN) WRIGHT, Sept. 8, 1881.
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History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Pages 442 & 443
Surnames: SPRAKER, SOUTER,
HYDE, CARR, HALL, FRANK, MIXER
The SPRAKER
family in Allegany has been one of the most prominent families in the
town. The record goes back to William
SPRAKER, who was born in Germany, Oct. 9, 1808, and there married Christina
SOUTER. They emigrated to America in
1847 and located in Erie county. Only
two of their nine children are living.
Mr. SPRAKER came to Allegany in May, 1854, and died in the village May
30, 1875. His son, William SPRAKER, Jr.,
born in Germany, December 11, 1838, came with his parents to this town in 1854
and has since been one of its foremost citizens. His education was obtained in the common
schools of Erie county and clerking was his early occupation. August 21, 1861, he enlisted in Co. I, 64th
N. Y. Vols., and participated in ten regular engagements, receiving a wound at
Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, and being discharged May 3, 1864. Mr. SPRAKER was appointed postmaster Dec. 20,
1865, and was re-appointed in 1875, serving continuously from then until 1887. He was again appointed in 1891 and is the
present incumbent of that position. He
has also served as town clerk and in other capacities, and is a member and has
been an officer of the local G. A. R. Post.
October 29, 1867, he married Susan E. HYDE, who died Aug. 12, 1886; she
bore him three children: Clarence H., Lois M. (Mrs. Miner CARR), and George
V. He married, second, Mrs. Phoebe HALL,
sister of his first wife, on June 28, 1887, by whom he has one child, Harold
E. Henry HYDE, the father of Mr.
SPRAKER's two wives, was born in Germany and came to Allegany in 1855.
Charles
SPRAKER, the other surviving son of William SPRAKER, Sr., was born Oct. 20,
1842, and Feb. 18, 1868, at Olean, he married Mary FRANK. He began life as a clerk for Marsh & Van
Campen in March, 1857, in which capacity he continued until just before his
marriage, when he was admitted to the firm under the name of Marsh &
Co. In 1876 he formed the firm of
SPRAKER & MIXER, and in April, 1881, bought his partner out. February 22, 1889, a fire destroyed his
mercantile establishment, but he soon rebuilt and started anew, He has two
children, Frank and Anna. Mr. SPRAKER
has served as town clerk and in 1885 he represented Allegany on the Board of
Supervisors.
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History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 443
Surnames: STEPHEN, FRANK,
HETZ, WELCH, NOONAN, TRAVERS
William
M. STEPHAN was a native of Germany, where he was born Oct. 8, 1819. He came to the United States in 1850 and
after living in Buffalo four years removed to Allegany, locating on Nine Mile
run. In 1864 he settled on the Four
Mile, where he still resides, being one of the early settlers in that
locality. Mr. STEPHAN has held several
town offices and has been quite an extensive oil producer. In 1849 he married Mary FRANK, who was born
Aug. 29, 1816. Their children are Charles
P., born Jan. 12, 1853, married Emma, daughter of Michael and Elizabeth HETZ,
Oct. 3, 1881; Clara, born Feb. 16, 1854, married Michael WELCH; George; Mary
J., born Dec. 3, 1856, married Patrick NOONAN; and Frank H., born Nov. 27,
1858, married, Dec. 25, 1883, Maggie A., daughter of Frank and Margaret
TRAVERS, and has had born to them these children: Jennie M., Laura P., and
Francis (deceased). The children of
Charles P. STEPHAN are William Henry, Frank A., Elmer H., and John M. George STEPHEN, third child of William M.,
was born Sept. 8, 1855, and until 1880 was engaged in lumbering. In that year he located on his present
farm. Dec. 27, 1880 he married Mary
NOONAN and their children are Celia, Fred, Clara (deceased), Albert, Agnes, and
Eddie.
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History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Pages 443 & 444
Surnames: STRONG, WHITE,
CLIFFORD, FOX, ANDREWS, MAY, LEMON
James
STRONG, son of Solomon and Mary (WHITE) STRONG, born in Vermont, May 3, 1868,
married Catharine CLIFFORD, of New Hampshire, in 1799, came to. Olean in 1819,
and two years later removed to Allegany, settling where the widow of his son
James, Jr., now resides. The first
marriage in Allegany occurred at his house, being that of his daughter Sally to
William B. FOX in 1825. James STRONG died
April 20, 1839, and his wife, Catharine, Aug. 16, 1852. Their children were Almeda, Solomon, Sally,
Emily, Luthera, James, Jr., Catharine, Adeline, William, and Jame A., all
deceased. James STRONG, Jr., married
Carmale, daughter of Rhody (ANDREWS) MAY, of Hinsdale, April 25, 1857, and died
in June, 1882. His widow survives him
and lives on the old homestead. Their
children were Eola and Lew J. Eola, born
Oct. 30, 1858, married Frank LEMON and has two children, Lew S. and Fred
H. Lew J., born Nov. 22, 1864, is a
farmer and resides on the homestead.
William MAY, father of Mrs. James STRONG, Jr., died in 1840 and his wife
Rhody in 1844.
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History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 444
Surnames: THORNTON, McCOY,
FRANK
Davis
THORNTON, born in Allegany county, July 2, 1828, came to this town when
eighteen years of age and followed lumbering and rafting on the Allegheny river
until 1889. In the spring of 1890 he
built the Allegheny River House near the Indian reservation. He married, first, Abigail, daughter of
Richard H. McCOY, who was the mother of his son David. Mrs. THORNTON died May 27, 1856. His second wife was Lydia A. FRANK, by whom
he has three daughters, Katie, Mary, and Abbie.
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History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 444
Surnames: WHEELER, LINDSLEY,
SPALDING, HATCH, REDOUT, CURTISS, HAYNES, PETERSON, KAHN
William
H. WHEELER was born in Washington county, January 1, 1824. He married Rebecca LINDSLEY, July 4, 1845,
who was born October 15, 1826. Mr.
WHEELER came to this county when about ten years of age, with his parents, who
settled in Yorkshire. He now resides in
Allegany and is a farmer. He has two
brothers, Charles M. and Joseph A. WHEELER, and one sister, Mrs. Helen M.
SPALDING, who reside in this town.
William H. WHEELER has eleven children: Devillow, born in Yorkshire,
October 4, 1846, enlisted in the late war at the age of sixteen in Co. I, 154th
N. Y. Vols., and starved to death at Andersonville prison; William W., born at
Yorkshire, August 26, 1848, served in the late war in Co. A, 188th N. Y. Vols.,
married Julia H., daughter of Marshall and Emma HATCH, April 23, 1874, who was
born November 1, 1856, and has six children, Jennie R., Alice A., J. Russell,
George P., William W., Jr., and Matie E.; Myron Devereux, born in Allegany,
December 8, 1850 married Emeline REDOUT, and resides in South Saginaw, Mich.;
George C., who died in infancy; Caroline H., born May 9, 1855, married John
CURTISS, Jr.; Halsey A., born June 28, 1858, married Emelia REDOUT; Hannah L., born
June 25, 1860, married Russell HAYNES; Nancy, born February 7, 1863, married
Theodore PETERSON, and died in 1879; Guy I., born October 15, 1866, in
Allegany; John H., born September 18, 1869, died in infancy; and Ada, born
February 1, 1872, married John KAHN.
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History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 444
Surnames: WARD, HANEY, SMITH
Dwight
W. WARD, second son of Robert D. and Mary A. (HANEY) WARD, was born in
Jamestown, N. Y. Robert D. was an only
son and was born in Ireland, October 20, 1812, emigrating thence to America in
1828, the voyage lasting three months.
Learning the cabinet maker's trade in Bath, N., Y., where he married
Mary A. HANEY on September 24, 1833, he removed to Jamestown, where he ran a
foundry for fourteen years, when he engaged in hotel keeping until his death in
1857. His widow with her family removed
to Allegany in 1859 and resides with her daughter, Mrs. William H. SMITH. Their children were Elida S. (Mrs. W. H.
SMITH), Hibbard P., Dwight W., John D. (deceased), and Mary E. (deceased). Dwight W. WARD was born February 12,
1849. Coming to this town in 1859 he
subsequently purchased what was known as WARD's Hotel, now called Park Hotel, which
he conducted until 1883, when he engaged in the business of developing the oil
fields and producing oil, in which he has been one of the most extensive
operators in town.
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History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 444
Surnames: WILBER, PALMER
Henry
WILBER was born in the town of Humphrey, and has one child, Henry S., who was
born in Allegany, Jan. 21, 1884. Mr.
WILBER is manager of Sheldon's Allegany cheese factory. His father, Philo C. WILBER, came from
Onondaga county to this county when about nine years of age. He married Catherine PALMER.
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History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Pages 444 & 445
Surnames: WILLARD, REYNOLDS,
HUNTLEY
Erastus
WILLARD, son of Sherlock and Elizabeth (REYNOLDS) WILLARD, was born in Lisle,
N. Y. March 23, 1823, while his parents were moving from Fort Edward to
Cattaraugus county. The family settled
in Franklinville. In the fall of 1843 he
came to Allegany (then Burton) and taught a district school, which closed in
March, 1844. In December of this year he
began his mercantile life in this town.
Mr. WILLARD began a small business with small means, and constantly
increased both until he finally had one of the largest and best stores in
western New York. He took an active
interest in local Democratic politics, and was supervisor in 1850 and from 1865
to 1867 inclusive, and served his town as justice of the peace about forty
years. In 1877 he was his party's
candidate for member of Assembly, but his district being overwhelmingly
Republican he was defeated. He was loyal
and true during the Rebellion, and although he was not drafted he nevertheless,
in accordance with his convictions of duty, placed a substitute in the
army. April 26, 1848, he married Harriet
A., daughter of Henry HUNTLEY and a native of Herkimer, N. Y., and
granddaughter of Abner HUNTLEY, who was born near Bunker Hill, Mass., in
1767. Her father was born in 1804 and
she was born in Cuba, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1828.
Mr. WILLARD's children were Charles, born in Allegany, March 11, 1849,
died Nov. 10, 1865; Clare, born July 28, 1870, who is his father's successor in
business and the proprietor of WILLARD's Stock Farm; and Hattie, born Aug. 5,
1872, died Sept. 7th following. Mr.
WILLARD died Dec. 31, 1889. Mr. and Mrs.
WILLARD were active members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Allegany and
he was one of its liberal supporters.
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History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 445
Surnames: WILTSE, HALL,
JONES, WILBER, KENYON, VAN BRUNT
William
WILTSE was a native of Marcellus, Onondaga county, and was born April 2,
1802. On the 26th of April, 1821, he
married Sophia HALL, who was born in Connecticut on March 10, 1800. They came to Allegany in the spring of 1848
and the next year built a hotel, which they kept until 1859, when they engaged
in farming, continuing in it until his death Oct. 7, 1865, her death occurring
June 5, 1874. Their children were
Cornell, Charles C., and Danford W.
Cornell WILTSE, born May 16, 1824, came to this town with his parents,
and married Electa JONES, of Hinsdale; they have one child, Wesley C., a
Baptist preacher who married Louisa WILBER, of Allegany. Charles C. WILTSE was born December 19, 1827,
and died May 28, 1866. Dec. 7, 1847, he
married Abigail KENYON, who survives him and resides in this town; their
daughter Orcelia is the wife of Orran VAN BRUNT. Danford W. WILTSE was born Aug. 17, 1833; he
resides in Springville, N. Y. Amos
JONES, the father of Mrs. Cornell WILTSE, came with his wife Eliza to Allegany
in 1841 and in 1867 removed to Minnesota.
They had eleven children.
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History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 445
Surnames: WING, BLOWER,
CONNHAISER, BARNES
Asa S.
WING was born in Oneida county, March 7, 1837.
He came to East Otto with his parents when twelve years of age. He was a soldier in the late war in Co. G,
154th N. Y. Vols., and was taken prisoner at Gettysburg and confined in Libby
prison. He came to Allegany in
1865. Mr. WING married, first, Louisa
BLOWER, of Oneida county; their three children died in infancy. His second wife, Catharine CONNHAISER, whom
he married in June, 1862, was born in Germany, March 9, 1837. Their children were Eliza L. (Mrs. Thomas A.
BARNES), Nelson, Julia, Edward, Emma, Georgie Anna, Charles E., Elizabeth C.,
and Samuel.
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History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 445
Surnames: WOODARD, FRANKLIN
Frederick
J. WOODARD, born in Bolivar, Allegany county, July 16, 1859, learned the
printer's trade at Wellsville in the office of the Allegany County Reporter, and was employed three years in the Herald office in Olean. In 1885 he came to Allegany and purchased the
farm where he now lives. He married Anna
FRANKLIN, of Portround, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 26, 1881, and by her has had two
children: George and Artiemarie.
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History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Pages 445 & 446
Surnames: ZINK, CRIQUIE,
KENOCH, ROBINSON, MULTRUS, SMITH, LINEHART, REITZ, BRITCHEL
William
F. ZINK, born in Germany, Feb. 3,1828, emigrated to Buffalo with his parents in
1831. He came to this town in 1855 and
is engaged in farming. Mr. ZINK married,
Feb. 3, 1851, May C. CRIQUIE, who was born in Buffalo, Oct. 9, 1829. She is said to have been the first German
child born in that city. Their children
were William, Jr., born Nov. 23, 1851, married Rickey KENOCH; Minnie, born Feb.
3, 1853, married John W. ROBINSON; Frank, born June 8, 1856, married Rosa
MULTRUS; Libbie born April 15, 1859, married, first, April 24, 1877, Sebastian
SMITH, who died Sept. 13, 1880, and second, Sept. 18, 1883, Joseph H. MULTRUS,
and their children are Mary, Libbie, and Joseph, Jr., Mrs. MULTRUS's first children
being Frank and Nellie SMITH; John F., born May 5, 1861, married Lizzie
LINEHART; George H., born June 6, 1865, married Mary REITZ; Mary Z., born Aug.
7, I870, died Sept. 28, 1870; and Mary M., born June 29, 1872. Francis ZINK, father of William F. ZINK, was
born in Germany in 1800. He there
married Bridget BRITCHEL, who with him came to America in 1831, settling at
Eden Corners, Erie county. He died May
29, 1855, in Allegany, at the residence of his son. His wife survived him until April 9, 1880.
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History of the Town of Allegany –
Chapter XVIII (18)
Page 446
Surnames: ZISTER, WEAVER,
HYDE
Michael
ZISTER, born in Germany about 1818, came to Buffalo about 1850, and a few years
later settled in Allegany. He had
thirteen children, of whom seven are living.
His wife was Louisa A. WEAVER, who died in 1888. Michael ZISTER died in 1867. John ZISTER, son of Michael, was born in
Buffalo, Jan. 3, 1856. He came to
Allegany with his parents and married Elizabeth, daughter of Sebastian HYDE,
Aug. 16, 1880. They have had born to
them five children, viz.: Edna C., Alice L., Clara E., Clarence, and Laura A.
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History of the Town of Ashford –
Chapter XIX (19)
Page 453
Surnames: ALDRICH, ENSWORTH,
BALDWIN
Jirah S. ALDRICH, son of Rev. Adon
ALDRICH, was born in Walrath, Wayne county, Nov. 20, 1823, removed to Fabius,
and in 1852 came to Ashford, where he purchased of Andrew STEVENS the farm
where he now resides. His father, who
resided with him, died in July of that year.
Mr. ALDRICH taught common and singing schools several years, served as
town superintendent of schools two years, and justice of the peace eight years. He has been identified with the
Congregational church since its organization.
He married Cordelia H., daughter of Tracy ENSWORTH, by whom he has
children as follows: Leroy, of Williams, Iowa;
Cornelia, deceased; Alma (Mrs. O.
A. BALDWIN) of Bradford, Pa.; and Fred, of Ashford.
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History of the Town of Ashford – Chapter
XIX (19)
Pages 453 & 454
Surnames: BIGELOW, GODDARD,
SAMPSON
Job BIGELOW came from Brookline, Vt., to
Ashford in 1825 and settled on the farm which Miss C. GODDARD now owns, and
where he reared his ten children. His
son, Charles C. BIGELOW, was born in Brookline, Vt., Dec. 18, 1807 and removed
to Ashford in 1825. A few years later he
began business for himself and bought the farm where his son Henry now
lives. He never "sought place or
position, but was often chosen to fill positions of responsibility and
trust". He was an Odd Fellow and a
Mason and was buried with Masonic honors.
He married Roxana, daughter of Peter SAMPSON, by whom he had ten
children; those now living are William
W., Caroline, Henry W., Maria, Adaline and Charles D. William W. resides in Chicago, Charles D. in
Buffalo and the others in Ashford.
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History of the Town of Ashford –
Chapter XIX (19)
Page 454
Surnames: BLOCK, KRUSE
Joseph BLOCK was born in Mechlenberg
[sic], Germany, and came to America in 1854 and to Ashford in 1857. He married Dora, daughter of Frederick
KRUSE; their children were Charles,
John, William L., Sophia, and Mary.
William L. BLOCK came to America with his parents at the age of twelve
years. Oct. 5, 1861, he enlisted in Co.
I, 44th N. Y. Vols., and served three years, participating in the battles of
Malvern Hill (where he was wounded), Fair Oaks, and Williamsburg.
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History of the Town of Ashford –
Chapter XIX (19)
Page 454
Surname: CARTER
Joseph T. and Norman B. CARTER came to
Ashford from Darien, Genesee county, in March, 1821, and purchased a quarter
section of lot 45. They were bachelors
and kept their own house. N. B. was one
of the first school commissioners and was a justice of the peace in 1834, and
taught one of the first schools in the town in the winter of 1822-1823. These brothers removed to Michigan in
1835. Their brother, Russell M. CARTER,
who had visited Ashford in 1822, settled on a part of lot 45 in 1825 and later
located on the farm where William and George SHULTIS first settled in 1818.
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History of the Town of
Page 454
Surnames: CHAMBERLAIN, EHMAN,
HUNTLEY, WILLIS, McKAY, HICKS, BEMIS
Hiram CHAMBERLAIN, son of Piny
CHAMBERLAIN, a native of
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Page 454
Surnames: COLE, BIGELOW,
BEMIS
Daniel Mansfield COLE was the oldest of
four children of a crippled father, and was born in
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Surnames: CONRAD, LEEZER
Peter CONRAD, son of Jacob, a native of
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Pages 454‑455
Surnames: DEMON, BROOKS,
SAMPSON, FOLTS,
Abel DEMON emigrated from Ware,
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Surnames: EHMAN, CARTER,
HAUFFMAN, GROFF
Frederick EHMAN, a native of
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Surnames: EMERSON, CHASE
William L. EMERSON came from
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Page 455
Surnames: FOLTS, CLAPSADDLE,
VAN SLYKE, MUNGER, FRANK, UPSON
Joseph FOLTS came to this town in 1832
from Herkimer county. He was an axe
maker by trade. He married Elizabeth
CLAPSADDLE, who bore him ten children, of whom those living are William, of
Timothy FOLTS, son of Joseph, settled in
Ashford about 1834. He was a moulder by
trade, but gave his attention to farming.
In 1853 he purchased the farm where his son, Allen C. FOLTS, now lives,
and where he died in May, 1872. He
married Mary, daughter of John FRANK, of Ashford, and of their nine children
only Wealthy (Mrs. Robert FRANK) and Mary (Mrs. Solomon UPSON), of Springville,
Frank and
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Surnames: FOX, BROOKS
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Surnames: FRANK, OYER, WEBER
Jacob FRANK was born in
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Surnames: FULLER, HUGHEY
Almon FULLER, of
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Surnames: GIBSON, WAITE,
ALDRO, TIBBETTS, SMITH
William GIBSON came to this town from
Genesee county in 1834 and bought the improvements of Lorenzo WAITE, the farm
where John ALDRO lives. He worked at
carpentering and farming. He married
Charlotte TIBBETTS, and of their seven children, Anna, John, Juliette, Garry,
Peter, and Lavilla (Mrs. E. B. SMITH) are living.
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Surnames: GROAT, NEFF, MABEE,
DRAPER, NELLIGAN
Jasper GROAT settled in this town in 1829
where James NEFF now lives. He came from
Montgomery county. His wife Maria,
daughter of Uriah MABEE, bore him ten children, of whom eight are living, viz:
Jerry, Uriah, John, Seth, Esley, Susan, Hurmey, and Deborah. John GROAT, a native of Ashford, served in
the war of the Rebellion, and married, first, Emily DRAPER, who was the mother
of two children, Frank S. and Mary. He
married, second, Margaret NELLIGAN, by whom he has four children: Charles E.,
Jasper C., Jennie and Earl E.
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Surnames: HADLEY, HOLLAND,
THOMAS
Cornelius HADLEY came to Ashford in
1842. Alonzo and William HADLEY, sons of
Jesse HADLEY, came to this town from Brattleboro, Vt., in 1843, and purchased
the farm now owned by Otis HOLLAND.
Later Alonzo purchased the farm on which he now lives. Nelson H., another son of Jesse HADLEY, came
from Brattleboro, Vt., to Ashford in April, 1850, and purchased the farm where
his son Henry H. now lives. He died July
6, 1867. By his wife, Catharine THOMAS,
he had two children, Henry H. and Willard, both of Ashford. Mr. HADLEY was a member of the Congregational
church and much esteemed by his neighbors.
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Surnames: HANSON, HUGHEY
Cornelius HANSON came to Ashford in 1836
from Glen, Montgomery county, and settled on land now owned by George
HUGHEY. Four of his six children are
living: R. Hudson, Sarah A., Margaret, and Peter W.
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Surnames: HOLDEN, GREEN,
PRATT, WOODWORTH, ROBBINS
Arnold HOLDEN, son of Edward, a descendant
of George HOLDEN of Revolutionary fame, removed from North Adams to Aurora ,
Erie county, and in 1829 settled in the town of Ashford. He built one of the first framed buildings in
town for the purpose of carrying on the business of carding wool and dressing
cloth, and eventually used it for manufacturing cloth. It was one of the first establishments of the
kind in the county. This he run
successfully until the business declined, when Mr. HOLDEN became a farmer. He was prominent in the affairs of his town
and used his influence to advance the cause of education and the general good
of society. He was supervisor in 1831
and a justice of the peace a quarter of a century. He also served as justice of sessions. Mr. HOLDEN removed from Ashford about 1865
and died in Bradford, Pa., in 1869. He
reared ten children, all living: Julia (Mrs. A. M. GREEN): June M. (Mrs. N.
PRATT): Sarah A. (Mrs. M. WOODWORTH): John R., of Franklinville: Amos B., of
Sparta, Wis.: Martha A. (Mrs. L. C.
ROBBINS) and William A., of Ashford: Edwin C., of Topeka: Dennison F., of
Oviatt, Mich.: and Nelson H., of White, S.D.
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Surnames: HUFSTADER, ALLEN,
DYGERT, BLOCK, FOX, HOLLAND, HUGHEY
Michael C. HUFSTADER came to Ashford from
Frankfort, N.Y. in 1822, making the journey on foot and carrying his provisions
on his back. He came to live with his
uncle Michael HUFSTADER, who had preceded him in 1820, but soon after “bound
himself out” to Seth ALLEN, of Springville, and engaged in the manufacture of
pearlash and potash. In 1831 he married
Sally, daughter of Abram DYGERT, of Frankfort, and settled in Ashford on the
farm now owned by John BLOCK. He was
fond of hunting and fishing. He killed a
great number of deer and wildcats, and once or twice each season he made a
fishing trip to Lake Erie. The children
of Mr. and Mrs. HUFSTADER were Willard, of Salem, Ore.; Michael, deceased:
Hannah C. (Mrs. George O. FOX), of Ashford; and Mary E. (Mrs. John HOLLAND),
Abram, and Sadie (Mrs. E. HUGHEY), also of Ashford.
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Surnames: HUGHEY, McMICKLE,
FOLTS, VEDDER
George HUGHEY, born of Scotch parentage in
Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 14, 1803, learned the trade of paper making, and at the
age of twenty-one emigrated to America, where he followed his avocation several
years, and conducted a grocery and bakery in Schenectady. In 1840 he came to Ashford and purchased and
cleared the farm now owned by his son George H.
He served as highway commissioner, and both he and his wife were active
members of the Baptist church. He was
honest and charitable. He married Marry
McMICKLE, who bore him eleven children: Mary A.; Eliza J.; James, of
Ellicottville; John, 1st, drowned at Schenectady; John, 2d, born in Ashford,
Sept. 24, 1847, married Ida FOLTS, of Mansfield, and has four children, Carl
B., Claude L., Neil and Guy; Matilda; Catherine; Ellen; George H., born in Ashford,
Oct. 9, 1843, owns the homestead, and for several years has been a dealer in
live stock, produce, and real estate; Robert, a merchant in Ashford Hollow; and
Rosanie. George H. HUGHEY served Ashford
on the Board of Supervisors in 1883, 1885, and 1892, and has held other town
offices. He married Adaliza, daughter of
John A. VEDDER, of Ellicottville, and their children are Eugene G. and Vedder
G. Edverdo HUGHEY, son of James, served
as highway commissioner in 1888 and 1889.
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Surname: KRUSE
Herman KRUSE came to Ashford in 1858 and
settled on the place where Henry KRUSE now lives. William C. KRUSE represented the town on the
Board of Supervisors in 1879 and 1880.
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Surnames: LAMPMAN, FRANK
John LAMPMAN, from Schoharie county,
settled in Ashford on the farm now owned by Elmer FRANK. He cleared the place and died aged 102 years.
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Surnames: MULTER, WIDRIG,
FRENCH, HINMAN, PICKETT, FOLTS
Peter A. MULTER came from Camillus,
Onondaga county, to Ashford in 1831 and settled on the farm where his son
Gilbert now lives. He spent much of his
life from home repairing clocks and watches.
He married Elizabeth WIDRIG, of Herkimer county, and had born to him
nine children, six of whom are living: Gilbert, Jacob, Lydia A. (Mrs. Lawrence
FRENCH), of Ashford, Margaret (Mrs. HINMAN), of Ellicottville, Eliza (Mrs. Eli
PICKETT), of Wisconsin, and Adaline (Mrs. O. FOLTS), of Ashford. Gilbert MULTER is a farmer on the old
homestead. Jacob MULTER has been engaged
in the furniture and undertaker’s trade since 1859, and has served as justice
of the peace about twenty-five years.
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Surnames: MURPHY, KIMBALL,
HOLLAND, RICE, WEAVER, HOLDEN, PIERCE, BUCK, KRUSE, REED
Ormel MURPHY, son of John MURPHY, and
grandson of John KIMBALL, a Revolutionary soldier, was born in Royalton, Vt.,
in 1801, came to Ashford in 1831 from Genesee county, and made the first
settlement on the farm now owned by his son John L. When Mr. MURPHY came to his home in the woods
there were only the families of Nathaniel HOLLAND and William M. RICE living
between him and Cattaraugus creek. He
married Minerva, daughter of Thomas WEAVER, of Darien, and their children were
John L.; Betsey (Mrs. George HOLDEN), of Springville; Marilda (Mrs. John S.
PIERCE), of Machias; and Omer, also of Machias.
John L. MURPHY was born in Darien, Oct. 28, 1830. He was taught by his mother and with only two
months at a select school, up to the age of eighteen, he began teaching in the
common schools and continued for ten winter terms. At the age of twenty-one, he was elected a
justice of the peace, which office he held for thirty-five consecutive
years. He was supervisor of Ashford in
1881 and 1882 and is often employed as petfogger in justices’ courts. He is a farmer and dealer in real estate. He married, first, Calphurnia, daughter of
Jeremiah BUCK, who was an early settler of Ellicottville. Their children now living are Lucius J., of
Bolivar; Orville W., a veterinary surgeon in Kansas; Albert H., of Ashford; and
Lizzie (Mrs. William C. KRUSE), whose husband is president of Ridgeville
College in Indiana. Mr. MURPHY married,
second, Adelphia, daughter of Stephen REED, a pioneer of Ashford who now
resides in Little Valley.
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Page 458
Surnames: NEFF, BELLOWS,
BARGY, CRARY
Andrew B. NEFF, son of De Nike NEFF, was
born in Glen, Montgomery county, September 14, 1840, and came to Ashford to
live with his uncle, Isaac BELLOWS, when twelve years old. He received his education in the common
schools and in Springville Academy and taught district schools six winter
terms. Mr. NEFF purchased a farm of
James J. BARGY, and he added to it until he now has about 1,000 acres. He also owns three cheese factories in
Ashford and one in Ellicottville, in which he manufactures full-cream cheese
from the milk of 1,200 cows. Mr. NEFF
has represented Ashford on the Board of Supervisors nine terms and has recently
been elected for another year. He is now
one of the Board of Directors of the Farmers’ Bank of Springville. He married Ann, daughter of Frederick CRARY,
of Springville, and their children are Charles C., Alice A., Andrew B., and
Ellen C.
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Surnames: OYER, SMITH,
HOLDEN, TEFFT, VEDDER, MILLER
John P. OYER, who came to Ashford from
Herkimer county in 1827, made the first settlement on the farm now owned by
Mrs. Sally SMITH. His children were
Philinda (Mrs. William A. HOLDEN), of Ashford; Mary (Mrs. Samuel TEFFT), of
Springville; Betsey (Mrs. John A. VEDDER); and Sally (Mrs. William SMITH). George OYER came from Herkimer county in 1828
and settled where his son Adam now lives.
His wife Mary MILLER bore him these children: Adam, Levi (deceased),
David, and Simon. The latter was born in
Ashford, November 5, 1831, is a shoemaker and carpenter by trade, and is now a
lumberman and miller. Two of the OYER
family, George and John, have represented the town of Ashford on the Board of
Supervisors, the former in 1874 and the latter in 1886 and again in 1888.
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Surnames: PETTENGILL, KELMER
Charles B. PETTENGILL was born in Wales,
Erie county, February 15, 1848. In the
spring of 1862 he enlisted in the service of the Union, but was rejected on
account of his youthful age. December 5,
1863, he enlisted in Co. A, 14th Wis. Inf., and served until December,
1865. He was wounded July 22, 1864, at
the battle of Peach Tree Creek. While
running from rebel pickets at Black River, near Vicksburg, in March, 1864, he
fell down the bank of the river, fifty feet, and seriously injured his
spine. After the war he engaged in the
harness trade. In 1882 he settled in
West Valley. He has been town clerk four
years, postmaster of West Valley four years, and treasurer of the Ashford Fire
Insurance Company seven years. He
married Louisa, daughter of Abram KELMER, of Washington county. Their children are Allie, Mamie, Guy, and Rob
Roy.
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Surnames: PORTER, GILMORE,
VAN AERNAM, RICHARDSON, BUFFINGTON, HERRICK
Aaron PORTER from Danby, Vt., settled in
New Albion in 1836. He married Sarah,
daughter of David GILMORE. Five children
survive them: Electa J., widow of Richard VAN AERNAM, of New Albion; Chloe A.
(Mrs. Lorenzo RICHARDSON) of Great Bay, Wis.; Weltha L. (Mrs. Augustus
BUFFINGTON), of New Albion; Caroline (Mrs. Fillmore HERRICK), of New Albion;
and Dr. Asher C., of Ashford. For a
sketch of Dr. A. C. PORTER, see page 118.
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Surnames: PRATT, OYER, CLARK
John and Nathan PRATT, natives of
Massachusetts, came to Ashford about 1825 and settled on lot 77. John made the first settlement on land now
owned by Adam OYER. He died in
1869. John PRATT’s children were
Benjamin, of Ashford; Amos, deceased; Noah, of Franklinville; and Patience
(Mrs. John CLARK), of Yorkshire.
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Pages 458 & 459
Surnames: PROCTOR, JONES
James PROCTOR, born in Quebec, Canada,
came when young to Attica, N.Y., where he married Elizabeth JONES. Their children now living are William H.,
John, Leonard, Harvey, and Ella. William
H. PROCTOR was born in Attica, June 4, 1859, came to Ashford with his parents
in 1861, and in 1880 opened the first furniture and undertaker’s establishment
in West Valley, which business he still successfully continues. In 1881 he was elected town clerk and in 1882
justice of the peace, which latter position he has held consecutively to the
present time. He is serving a second
term as deputy sheriff and is secretary of the Ashford Mutual Fire Insurance
Company.
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Surnames: QUACKENBUSH, NEFF,
PRINCE, CARTER, BARGY
Peter QUACKENBUSH came to Ashford from
Montgomery county in the fall of 1819, and made the first improvement on the
farm now owned by A. B. NEFF. His
father, John H. QUACKENBUSH, joined him in 1821 and built the first tavern in
town on his son’s farm. He was a soldier
in the Revolutionary war, and with his brother David was captured by the
Indians, taken to Niagara, and while in captivity were compelled to run the
gauntlet. Peter QUACKENBUSH married
Hannah PRINCE, daughter of Peter PRINCE, of Montgomery county. Their children were Rebecca, who married
Russell A. CARTER, and John, who was born in Montgomery county April 16,
1818. John came to Ashford with his parents
and has since been a resident of the town.
He is a farmer and served as a supervisor in 1870. He married Mary E., daughter of Jacob P.
BARGY, and of their six children four are living: John, of Eagle, Wyoming
county; Clark P., of Ellicottville; George B., of Yorkshire; and Charles, of
Ashford.
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Surnames: SAMPSON, KELLOGG,
GOODEMOTE, SHULTIS, McLEAN, BIGELOW, BENSLEY
Peter SAMPSON, a native of New Salem,
Mass., was born in 1773. He married Sarah
KELLOGG in 1793, and to them thirteen children were born. In 1816 he moved with his family to Concord,
Erie county, and settled on the north side of Cattaraugus creek. In 1822 he traded farms with John GOODEMOTE
and moved over to the south side of the creek in the town of Ashford. He was elected commissioner of highways in
1824, was supervisor from 1825 to 1830 inclusive and again in 1832 and 1833,
and was afterward justice of the peace eight years. He early contracted to carry the mail from
Buffalo to Olean by way of Townsend hill, Springville, and Ellicottville. This was the regular mail carried between
these points. He first went on
horseback, then with a wagon, and finally with a stage coach, and continued as
mail-carrier and expressman until his death Dec. 8, 1836. His daughters married William SHULTIS, Royal
McLEAN, Charles C. BIGELOW, and Truman BENSLEY.
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Surnames: SHERMAN, TABOR,
WHITNEY
Ebenezer C. SHERMAN came to Ashford from
New Bedford, Mass., in 1822, and made the first settlement on the farm where
his grandson, W. H. SHERMAN, now lives.
He assisted in cutting the road from his place to Ellicottville. Mr. SHERMAN was a cabinet maker, but he gave
his whole attention to his farm. He
married Constant TABOR, and their children were Charles, Mary A., Sarah, Clark,
and Lydia. Charles SHERMAN came to
Ashford with his parents at the age of twelve years. He was an exemplary Christian and a worthy
member of the Methodist Episcopal church for more than fifty years, for forty
of which he was a licensed exhorter. He
removed to Springville, where he died April 2, 1883. Mr. SHERMAN married Mary, daughter of William
H. WHITNEY, who came to Riceville in an early day and taught school in a log school
house. Mr. and Mrs. SHERMAN had nine
children: Helen, Charles W., Mary O., Fanny, Angie H., Ebenezer C., William H.,
Hattie L., and Lucy C.
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Pages 459 & 460
Surnames: SMITH, WATKINS,
GIBSON, ANDRES, PHILLIPS
Elsbree J. SMITH. ‑ Andrew WATKINS
came to Ashford from Pennsylvania in 1839.
His grandson, Elsbree J. SMITH, came at the same time and learned the
trade of a bricklayer and mason, which he has followed as an avocation. Feb. 2, 1862, he enlisted in Co. K, 105th N.
Y. Vols., as second sergeant. He was
wounded at the second Bull Run battle, was captured, and remained a prisoner of
war until the next September, when he was paroled and removed to Fairfax
Seminary Hospital. He was exchanged and
November following was discharged.
August 24, 1863, he re-enlisted in Co. C, 13th N. Y. H. A., and was
first duty sergeant. He served until
September 24, 1865, when he again received an honorable discharge. He married Luella, daughter of William
GIBSON, and their children are Emma J. (Mrs. D. ANDRES), Sabra (Mrs. A. J.
PHILLIPS), and Grant, all of East Bradford, Pa.
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Surnames: STARKS,
Nathan
STARKS became a resident of Machias in 1850.
Dec. 10, 1861, he enlisted in Co. K, 94th N. Y. Vols., was
captured in front of Petersburg, was confined in Salisbury prison seven months,
and was paroled and taken to Annapolis, Md., where he died April 2, 1865. John D. STARKS enlisted Sept. 17, 1861, in Co.
A, 106th N. Y. Vols., and re-enlisted in February, 1864. He was wounded and captured at the battle of
the Wilderness and died in Andersonville prison in September following.
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Surnames: STOWELL, MEACHAM,
WEAST, WILCOX, SCOTT
Ebenezer STOWELL, a native of Worcester,
Mass., was born in 1782, married Hannah MEACHAM, who was born in New Salem,
Mass., in 1787, and emigrated with his family to Ashford in 1836, where he died
in 1845. They had born to them eight
children. His son, Charles E. STOWELL,
married Susan, daughter of Joseph WEAST.
Their children now living are Haplona (Mrs. Daniel WILCOX), of
Springville; Mary (Mrs. Edwin SCOTT), of Springville; Charles E. STOWELL, Jr.,
of Ashford; and Luthera M., of Springville.
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Surname: TILLINGHAST
Arthur O. TILLINGHAST was born in
Sardinia, July 10, 1850, and came to West Valley in 1878, where he has since
been engaged in mercantile business. He
was supervisor in 1884 and in various ways has shown much enterprise.
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Surnames: TURNER, KELCH
Joseph TURNER, son of Dyer, came to
Ashford from Frankfort, N. Y., in 1835.
He was a collier by trade. He
married Ellen KELCH, and their surviving children are Harriet E., Horace M.,
and Jerome J., the latter a soldier for three years in Co. D, 154th N. Y.
Vols., being wounded in his right shoulder.
Horace M. TURNER is a resident of this town and Jerome J. of Great
Valley.
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Pages 460 & 461
Surnames: WAIT, WAITE,
BARLOW, LINCOLN, QUACKENBUSH, LEACH, HITCHCOCK, SCOTT
Dr. William WAIT, born at White Plains,
N.Y., in 1784, came from Darien, Genesee county, and made the first settlement
in West Valley in 1829. With his sons he
cut a road from Riceville to West Valley, and settled on the farm now owned by
his grandson, Hudson WAITE. He was for a
long time the only doctor in the place.
He died May 20, 1873. He had four
sons and two daughters: Weston, Lorenzo D., Henry, Esek B., Fanny M., wife of
Parmenus P. BARLOW, and Melissa, who married Apollos LINCOLN. Lorenzo D. WAITE was born in January, 1807,
and came to Ashford with his father.
Like many other pioneers they had a hard struggle to live. Their homestead twice reverted to the Holland
Land Company. It was finally reclaimed
and paid for by Lorenzo D., who in 1849 built a saw-mill on the site of the old
tannery which was the only saw-mill in the place for several years. Mr. WAITE was a Baptist. He held several town offices, and in the
State militia he attained the rank of captain.
He died February 12, 1877. Mr.
WAITE married, first, Laney QUACKENBUSH, of Ashford, who was the mother of
Hudson, Charlotte, and Sarah A. (deceased).
He married, second, Nancy M., daughter of James LEACH, and their
children were Lovinus B., a Union soldier who died in Lincoln hospital of fever
contracted in front of Richmond; George N., of West Valley; and Ira,
deceased. Hudson WAITE was born December
16, 1834, and is a farmer and formerly a dealer in horses and cattle and
breeder of fine Holstein cattle. With
his son he is now breeding thorough blooded Shropshire sheep, their fine flock
numbering 160 head. Mr. WAITE married
Lydia A., daughter of James LEACH, and their children are James S., of
Salamanca, and Bert L. George N. WAITE,
born January 26, 1847, was a farmer with his father until 1865, when he learned
the carpenter’s trade. For several years
he has been a millwright and a contractor and builder. Since 1882 he has also been a dealer in
lumber. He married Adelaide HITCHCOCK,
of Ashford, who died and left one child, Thirza J. He married, second, Mary J. SCOTT, of North
Collins, N.Y.
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History of the Town of Ashford –
Chapter XIX (19)
Page 461
Surnames: WEAST, SCHULTIS,
GOODEMOTE, VOSBURG, SCHOONOVER, FULLER, COLE, DILLINGHAM, BOWEN, LINDSEY,
WHITNEY
Conrad WEAST came from Schenectady in 1829
and was the first settler on the farm where his grandson, George W. WEAST, now
lives. Mr. WEAST married Anna, daughter
of Martin SCHULTIS. Their children were
Stephen C., Sally, Francis, Susannah, Clark, and Lewis O. Stephen C. WEAST, born in Schenectady, was
six months of age when his parents came to Ashford. He married Sally, daughter of John GOODEMOTE,
and had five children: Augusta A., Julia E., Josephine (Mrs. William VOSBURG),
George W., and John L. George W. WEAST,
born in Ashford, November 12, 1859, married Edna O., daughter of Daniel
SCHOONOVER, of Tuscarora, N.Y. Their
children are Myrtle, George L., and Anna.
Benjamin WEAST was born in Schenectady and
came to Ashford with his father. He
married Olive, daughter of Amos V. FULLER, and has eight children: Mary A.
(Mrs. Ozro COLE), of Ashford; Catherine, widow of A. R. DILLINGHAM, of Arcade;
Amos B.; Emeline (Mrs. L. F. BOWEN); Louisa (Mrs. E. LINDSEY), of Yorkshire;
Franklin C., of Arcade; Sarah (Mrs. M. J. LINDSEY), of Franklinville; and
Adelle (Mrs. C. WHITNEY), of Franklinville.
Amos B. WEAST was born in Ashford, and
Aug. 8, 1862, enlisted in Co. D, 154th N. Y. Vols., serving to the close of the
war. He was promoted corporal in May,
1864, sergeant April 1, 1865, and was honorably discharged June 11, 1865.
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History of the Town of Ashford –
Chapter XIX (19)
Page 461
Surnames: WEST, DOLE, DE
WITT, HALL, OYER, STICKNEY, HITCHCOCK, QUACKENBUSH, DOX, PIKE, WEMPLE
Joseph WEST, son of Jonathan, was born in
Galway, Saratoga county, settled in Sempronius, Cayuga county, and a few years
later removed to Darien, Genesee county.
In 1839 he settled in this town on the farm now owned by Peter DOLE and
eventually removed to West Valley, where he died. He married Susan, daughter of Peter DE WITT,
who bore him eleven children. George N.
WEST, second son of Joseph and Susan WEST, was born in Sempronius, September
25, 1820. He came to Ashford with his
parents, but returned to Darien in 1842, where he married Mary A., daughter of
Rufus and Jerusha HALL, in 1849. About
1844 he engaged in the sale of merchandise in Attica and in 1857 he settled
permanently in Ashford. About 1854 he
built the first store in West Valley. It
was conducted by William C. WEST, and now forms the rear part of the building
occupied by the postoffice and harness shop.
In 1858 he opened a store in West Valley, where he kept the first
postoffice in 1860. He used his
influence in securing the line of railroad through the town of Ashford and was
the agent of the railroad company in procuring the right of way. In 1877 the company located a depot at
Ashford Junction, which he had urged and recommended, and he was its station
agent the ensuing five years, the postoffice there being named in his
honor. Mr. WEST served as supervisor of
Ashford in 1867-68 and again in 1877. In
November, 1869, and in 1889 he was elected to the Assembly from his
district. Mrs. WEST died January 6,
1890. By her he had these children:
Clara A. (Mrs. G. W. OYER), of West Valley;
Leonidas D., a merchant of Dundee, N.Y.; and Ida M. (Mrs. C. D.
STICKNEY), of Buffalo. Mr. WEST married
Mrs. Mary C. HITCHCOCK, of Oakland, Cal., December 10, 1891.
Rev. James L. WEST, son of Joseph WEST,
was born in Ashford, June 22, 1838. He
began working for wages and supporting himself at thirteen years of age. He obtained a common school education and
engaged in farming. He has also been a
dealer in live stock for the past thirty years.
In 1878 he was licensed as a clergyman of the Free Baptist Church and is
now the pastor of the church at Rawson.
He married Christina, daughter of John D. QUACKENBUSH; children: John
E., Cora L. (Mrs. Charles G. DOX), and James C.
Lockward
WEST came to Ashford in 1839. He married
Mary, daughter of Joshua PIKE, of Springville, who bore him two sons, Eugene
and Charles. His second wife was Emeline
WEMPLE, by whom he had seven children: Simon, James, Mina, Fred, Dewitt, Susan,
and Eddie.
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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMORIAL of CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, NY, ed by WILLIAM ADAMS, Published
1893
Bio from:
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Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Carrolton –
Chapter XIX (20)
Page 469
Surnames: ADAMS, WADE,
CORKINS
John Smith ADAMS, son of William and Magdalene
(WADE) ADAMS, was born in Massachusetts, April 23, 1806. His ancestors came from England to America
about 1630. In 1820, as near as can be
ascertained, he came to Farmersville with his parents, where he married Theda
CORKINS, January 17, 1831, who was born October 18, 1811. In 1834, they emigrated to Ohio with a team
and heavy wagon and settled in Lorain, on a farm adjoining his brothers, W.H.H.
and Lyman. He was there a farmer and a
ship-carpenter and returned to Cattaraugus County in 1883 and spent the
remainder of his old age with his son, Albert Quincy ADAMS, in where he died,
March 21, 1889.
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History of the Town of Carrolton –
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Page 469
Surnames: ADAMS, NICHOLS,
BOSWORTH
Albert Quincy ADAMS was born in Loraine, Ohio, July 14, 1844. With his father's consent he enlisted in the
55th Ohio Infantry and was mustered in September 11, 1861, being honorably
discharged November 5, 1862, on account of a gunshot wound in his left leg
received at the second battle of Bull Run.
He returned home and was employed to drive a team for the government in
Kentucky in the winter of 1863-64. In
the summer of 1864 he was employed on board a government tugboat on the Potomac
and James rivers. In the fall of 1864 he
came to Carrolton and ran a stationary engine in the steam sawmill of Dr. J.
NICHOLS for nine years. He settled on
the place where he now resides in 1868, and has since been a farmer. December 5, 1866 he married Euthenia BOSWORTH
and they have two sons and two daughters.
Their oldest child, May B., is a successful teacher.
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History of the Town of Carrolton –
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Page 469
Surnames: ANDREWS, WILMOT,
IRVINE
Harper G. ANDREWS, son of Robert H. and
Julia E. (WILMOT) ANDREWS, was born in Windsor, Broome county, February 3,
1845. He was educated in the common
schools, at Rogers Seminary at Great Bend, Pa., and at Lowell's Business
College in Binghampton. He was a farmer
with his father until July 23, 1862, when, with his father's consent, he enlisted
in Co. B, 137th NY Vols., and returned at the close of the war with the rank of
first lieutenant. He participated in all
the events of his regiment, marched to the sea with Sherman, and returned by
way of Richmond to Washington. He led a
charmed life and only received one gunshot wound in his right arm at the Battle
of Peach Tree Creek. He was honorably
discharged June 20, 1865. He was again a
farmer with his father the ensuing two years.
In November, 1867, he settled in Limestone as a clerk and two years
later engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber, which he followed until
1881. He then conducted a hotel up to
1890. Mr. ANDREWS is a staunch
Republican, and has been elected assessor and two times supervisor. May 5, 1869, he married Mary A. IRVINE, of
Carrolton. They have had three children,
all of whom died in early childhood.
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History of the Town of Carrolton –
Chapter XIX (20)
Pages 469 & 470
Surnames: BAILLET, WHITCOMB,
LEONARD
Felix BAILLET, born November 22, 1802,
married Aff. WHITCOMB, who was born April 11, 1807, and removed from Farmersville to Limestone in the fall of
1852. He built a small tannery, the
first in town, and tanned leather and made boots and shoes. His brother, Francis E. BAILLET, was clerk of
Cattaraugus county for nine years. Felix
BAILLET was a great reader, well informed, was familiar with the bible, and
loved an argument, especially with the clergymen. He had a mind and will of his own. He was supervisor of this town in 1867. He removed with his family to Tullahoma,
Tennesee, in 1868, where he still resides.
His father, Francis BAILLET, was born in Rocheforte, France in 1769, and
died in Philadelphia in 1804.
John W. BAILLET, son of Felix, was born in
Farmersville, March 12, 1837. January
31, 1864, he married Abigail, daughter of Levi LEONARD. He was a railroad conductor and train
dispatcher for eighteen years. He was
always affable and kind. He died in
1881. His only surviving child is a son,
Frank, born July 26, 1871.
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History of the Town of Carrolton –
Chapter XIX (20)
Page 470
Surnames: BEARDSLEY, BROMLEY,
WHITAKER, HAZARD, LEONARD, IRVINE, HULL
John Odell BEARDSLEY was born in Dutchess
county in 1779 and married Charity BROMLEY, of Delhi, NY. Being a lumberman and merchant with his
father they used the Delaware River as a means of transportation to and from
Philadelphia. Mr. BEARDSLEY removed to
near Seneca Lake and in 1813 or 1814 to Chataqua County, where he was a
successful lumberman until 1829, when he came to Tuna Valley and purchased
several hundred acres of pine land in the township of Bradford, Pa., and
engaged extensively in manufacturing lumber.
In February 1831, he brought his family to his log cabin. In a few years he built a comfortable
residence, the center of which was exactly on the state line. He claimed his residence in Pennsylvania. In 1836, with his sons John O. and William,
he built a double mill on Foster Brook, where they were engaged in
manufacturing lumber to the time of his death, April 23, 1842. John O., William and Hiram were all
lumbermen. They had a tract of land
along the state line in Carrolton which contained 2000 acres, from which they
cut the timber.
J. O. BEARDSLEY was the river pilot for the family from the
age of fifteen years and took millions of feet of lumber to market. He became a prominent man in society and the
first leader of the M.E. class organized in Carrolton in 1850. He is now a farmer in Sardinia, Erie
county. Mr. BEARDSLEY married Alinda
WHITAKER and his children are Malvina, born Nov. 10, 1836 of Arcade, NY;
Louenza (Mrs. Richard HAZARD), of Limestone; Lucy, born May 6, 1842, wife of
Joseph LEONARD, of Carrolton; Charles O., born May 10, 1844, of Duluth, Minn.;
Louise J., born Oct. 27, 1846 (Mrs. M.W. Caffee), of Bradford; Millie A. , born
Nov. 14, 1850 (Mrs. Guy C. IRVINE), of IRVINE's Mills; Clinton J., born Sept.
18, 1853, a farmer on the homestead; and Wilbur G., born Nov. 18, 1858.
Hiram BEARDSLEY, youngest son of John O.,
Sr., was born March 25, 1825. He married
Mandana HULL, succeeded his father on the homestead, and gave his mother a home
until she died in August, 1876, aged ninety-two years. He built his present fine residence in 1880,
north of of the State line. In 1865,
Hiram and William BEARDSLEY, with a company of capitalists, took the first
leases of territory and made a test by drilling the first well in this region
on land where the city of Bradford has since been built. Although this well was not a success, because
it was not bored deep enough, it established two facts: that oil did exist in paying quantities, and
that William and Hiram BEARDSLEY were the pioneers in the discovery of
petroleum in Tuna Valley. On the farm of
Hiram BEARDSLEY is the first paying well in Carrolton. This was drilled in the winter of 1875-76 and
is still yielding oil. William BEARDSLEY
died in October, 1885. He served the
town as supervisor in 1855, 1856 and 1857.
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History of the Town of Carrolton –
Chapter XIX (20)
Page 471
Surname: BEDELL
Jacob BEDELL, a native of Branchville, NJ,
was born March 1, 1840. His parents
removed to Owego in 1850, where he resided until 1860, when he joined them in
Prompton, PA. He then began business for
himself as a jobber in lumbering. He has
since been a jobber and overseer of lumbering and peeling bark, except three
years and a half spent on contract work in the coal mines. In 1879 he began business as a jobber in
peeling bark for Hoyt Brothers in Gouldsboro, Pa, which employed him there and
in Hillsgrove, Pa. about six years.
Since then he has resided in Limestone and is the overseer for Hoyt Brothers
in the business in which he has long been an expert. Mr. BEDELL is efficient and trustworthy. In March 1881, he married Emma ENGLER, of
Gouldsboro, Pa. they have two daughters,
Maud and Frances M.
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History of the Town of Carrolton –
Chapter XIX (20)
Page 471
Surname: BIDEN
Rev. J.D. BIDEN, born in Buffalo,
September 30, 1852, spent his boyhood in Cattaraugus county and acquired his
early education in the common school on Whig Street in Little Valley. After a short business career in Buffalo, he
entered Niagara University in 1874 and in December 1879, received the degree of
A.B. After a two years’ course in
theology he received in 1881 the degree of A.M. and was ordained to the
priesthood of the Roman Catholic church June 3, 1882. He then spent one year as assistant at West
Seneca. August 1, 1883, he was appointed pastor of St. Patrick’s
church of Limestone, where he still officiates.
Since coming to Limestone, he has purchased a cemetery for the parish,
enlarged and greatly improved the parsonage, has wrought many other necessary
improvements, and has built a small but neat church edifice at Carrolton
village. He has also started a fund to
build a more commodious church at Limestone.
He served a term on the Board of Education.
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History of the Town of Carrolton –
Chapter XIX (20)
Page 471
Surnames: BISSELL, PULLEN,
NICHOLS, PATON, BEEBE
Byron BISSELL , son of Aaron and Delilah
(PULLEN) BISSELL, was born on the BISSELL homestead in Lyndon, November 5,
1849, and was educated in the common school and Ten Broeck Academy. He was a farmer with his father until he
attained his majority and the winter ensuing taught the district school where
he had himself been taught. He spent two
years of the ensuing ten as druggist’s clerk with Dr. James NICHOLS in
Limestone, two or three years on the home farm in Lyndon, where he held the
offices of town clerk and justice of the peace, and the remainder of the period
was engaged in the oil business in Pennsylvania. August 26, 1880, he succeeded Dr. NICHOLS in
the firm of NICHOLS & PATON, druggists, of Limestone. Since 1883, when he purchased Mr. PATON’s
interest, Mr. BISSELL has conducted the business alone. He has held the positions of deputy
postmaster and trustee and president of the village. October 10, 1875, he married Ella BEEBE of
Carrolton. They have five children: Jennie H., Clara M., Maud, and Leon B. and
Lena (twins).
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History of the Town of Carrolton –
Chapter XIX (20)
Page 471
Surnames: BOSWORTH, PAGE,
ADAMS, NICHOLS
Alonzo BOSWORTH was born in Marion, Wayne
county, June 17, 1823, and moved with his parents to New Hudson, Allegany county when about five
years old where his parents resided to the close of their lives. Alonzo BOSWORTH married, in November, 1854,
in Allegany county, Amelia PAGE, who died in June, 1855 and in February, 1861,
he married second, Sarah ADAMS, who was born in Deerfield, Oneida county in
1832. Her father, Israel ADAMS, was a
native of New Hampshire and of English descent.
Mr. BOSWORTH is a lumberman and has been employed as head sawyer and
manager of the lumber firm of NICHOLS & Co. for more than twenty
years. He now gives his attention to his
farm.
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History of the Town of Carrolton –
Chapter XIX (20)
Pages 471 & 472
Surnames: BROWN, SMITH,
ARMSTRONG, SEYMOUR
Ansel J. BROWN, youngest child of Erastus
BROWN, a pioneer of Mansfield, was born on the homestead January 8, 1849, was
reared a farmer, and was educated in the district school. His father died when he was only eleven years
old. At eighteen, he and his brother
Levi bought the homestead and together cultivated it about twenty years. In the spring of 1883 Mr. BROWN opened a
general store at Union Corners, near his old home, where he remained until the
spring of 1887, when he purchased his present sore in Limestone. In 1875 he made an extensive tour through
California. April 6, 1870, Mr. BROWN
married Ellen L., daughter of Lorenzo H. SMITH, of Mansfield. Their children are Harry, who married Miss
ARMSTRONG; Clara (Mrs. George SEYMOUR);
and Melva. Mr. BROWN is a musician and
Mrs. BROWN conducts a millinery store.
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History of the Town of Carrolton –
Chapter XIX (20)
Page 472
Surnames: CARMODY, O’DAY,
SCANLON
John CARMODY was born in county Clare,
Ireland, in 1823. He resided in England
three or four years, where he married Mary O’DAY, a native of Ireland, and born
in 1830. They came to New York City in
1853; he was engaged on the Erie and New York Central Railroads until 1858,
when he came to Limestone, where he was employed in the tannery until 1866. He then purchased a wood lot of fifty acres
in the neighborhood known as New Ireland, where he resided about two
years. In November, 1869, he settled on
the farm where he now resides. This
farm, with the aid of his industrious sons,
he has converted into well-cultivated fields and a good home. In March, 1875, he leased fifty acres of his
farm for oil purposes, with a royalty of one-eighth net to himself, and has an
income from six producing wells. Mr. and
Mrs. CARMODY have had born to them eight children, three of whom died
young. Those now living are Michael,
Kate M., John F., Mary, and Ellen A.
Michael and John are contractors and jobbers in drilling oil and gas
wells; Kate M. and Ellen A. are teachers;
Mary (Mrs. M. SCANLON) resides in Bradford, Pa.
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History of the Town of Carrolton – Chapter
XIX (20)
Page 472
Surnames: COGSWELL, LAWTON,
BROOKS, TALLMAN, LAWSON
Mason W. COGSWELL, son of Samuel, was born
in Warren, Pa., November 4, 1822, and about 1847 came to Carrolton, where he
began manufacturing square timber and pine shingles. With four or five others he lived in a shanty
kept by a mulatto. When their raft of
timber arrived at Warren Mr. COGSWELL took charge of it and ran it down to
Pittsburgh. He was known as one of the
most capable pilots on the river. Until
1882 or ’83 he made dozens of trips a pilot and was successful with all but
one. In 1853 he settled where he now
resides and is engaged in farming.
August 1, 1851 he married Sarah LAWTON, who bore him these
children: Adelaide and Hannah, who died
in childhood; Chloe A. (Mrs. W. BROOKS),
born April 3, 1857, died February 10, 1877;
John L., born August 23, 1859, married Sylvia TALLMAN, of Minnesota and
resides on the homestead with his father;
and Perry M., born February 10, 1862, also with his father. Mrs. COGSWELL died February 10, 1863. January 1, 1874 he married second, Phoebe
LAWSON.
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History of the Town of Carrolton –
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Page 472
Surnames: COWEN, HILL
George J. COWEN was born in Candor, Tioga
county, in June 1840. His father was a
shoemaker and later a grocer in Limestone, where he died in 1873. August 6, 1862, George J. enlisted in Co. C,
109th N. Y. Volunteers, and he participated in all the events of his regiment
for two years, when he was sent to the hospital to recover from an amputated
finger. He left before it was fairly
healed and assisted in repelling the attempted assault on Washington. Soon afterward he was transferred to the 13th
Veteran Reserve Corps, from which he was discharged July 13, 1865. He immediately settled in Limestone, where he
was a grocery man with his father one year.
Mr. COWEN has served as constable since 1885, and since 1882 he has been
police constable of Limestone. August
29, 1865, he married Anna A. HILL, and their children now living are Fred C.,
Georgianna N., and Luney M.
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History of the Town of Carrolton –
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Pages 472 & 473
Surname: CROWLEY
John J. CROWLEY, son of Dennis, was born
in Cattaraugus, May 12, 1866, and attended the Union Free School of his native
village. He began to learn telegraphy at
the age of fourteen, and became an operator for the Buffalo, Rochester and
& Pittsburgh railroad at the age of sixteen. One year later he was operator and clerk at
Mt. Jewett, Pa., and two years afterward was made station agent of Limestone,
taking charge March 1, 1886. His is a
family of railroad men.
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Surnames: DREHMER, COMMON
Jacob G. DREHMER was born in Dansville,
NY, February 2, 1844; enlisted August 1, 1862 on Co. B, 1st N. Y. Dragoons, and
was honorably discharged June 10, 1865.
Mr. DREHMER participated in the battle of Cold Harbor, where he received
an injury in his left leg and was excused from duty in consequence for about a
week, but did not leave his regiment. He
was present also at the Wilderness, Winchester, Cedar Creek, Yellow Tavern,
Fisher’s Hill, the siege of Suffolk, and other battles and skirmishes. Since returning from the army, he has pursued
his trade as a manufacturer of boots and shoes.
Mr. DREHMER married Julia L. COMMON, of Angelica, NY, and they have one
son. Mr. DREHMER is a Republican. Both are members of the Methodist church, of
which he is one of the trustees, having held the position the last fourteen
years. He has also served as
superintendent of the Sunday school.
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Surnames: FRANK, MULTER,
WATERS
Daniel FRANK, son of Daniel, a pioneer of
Ashford, married Catherine, daughter of Peter MULTER, also a pioneer of
Ashford. He was a farmer and
blacksmith. He came to Vandalia and
built the fences from Olean to Dunkirk for the Erie railroad by contract. He also carried on his trade of blacksmith,
and was the superintendent in the construction of the State road from Vandalia
to Great Valley. In 1861 he enlisted in
the 64th NY Inf. for three years. He
stood six feet three and one-half inches in his stockings. The exposures of army life brought on
inflammatory rheumatism, and after a period of treatment in the hospital he was
discharged an invalid. He returned home about
eleven months after he entered the service and died two years later. Mrs. FRANK died October 25, 1888. Their son, Clark FRANK, was born in Otto,
March 27, 1844. August 31, 1862 , he
enlisted in 111th N. Y. Inf., participated in all the engagements of the Army
of the Potomac, was never in the hospital nor away from his company until he
received a wound from a minieball that struck him a little above the heart,
passed through his left lung and out at his back. By a strange coincidence his brother Sylvester,
a soldier in the 61st Regiment, received precisely such a wound the same day
and in the same battle. They were
treated in the same ward of the hospital by the same surgeon, recovered at the
same time, were honorably discharged June 14, 1865, and went home
together. November 7, 1868, Clark FRANK
married Lucina WATERS, of Limestone. He
conducted a grocery in Carrolton and was a lumberman until about 1870. He was successively baggagemaster, telegraph
operator, and three years station agent
at Limestone. Since 1888 he has been a
farmer. Mr. FRANK has officiated as
justice of the peace eight years, and has held several other town offices. He has five children. James D. FRANK, son of Daniel, was born March
23, 1854. He learned telegraphy without
a tutor, was assistant station agent at Carrolton, and for eight years was
station agent at Great Valley. He is now
the station agent and telegraph operator at Vandalia.
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History of the Town of Carrolton –
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Pages 473 & 474
Surnames: FULLER, KENYON,
McMILLEN, LEONARD, JONES
Chase FULLER, son of John and Betsey
FULLER, was born in Piermont, NH, April 18, 1797, received a good business
education, and married Nancy KENYON, of Holland, NY on May 5, 1822. She was born January 12, 1802 at Stanley, Connecticut. They came to Freedom in the winter of
1839-40. In February 1844, they removed
to Carrolton on lot 25, where the village of Limestone has since been built. His residence, a two story log house, was
located where the Bateman house now stands.
Mr. FULLER was an extensive farmer and a manufacturer and dealer in pine
lumber, which he rafted down the river to Cincinnati. In 1846 he opened a general mercantile
establishment where the Tuna Valley store now stands. Mr. FULLER was a man of good business
ability, well informed, and a leading and prominent citizen. He was elected supervisor of Carrolton in
1844 and represented the town ten years and held the same office in Humphrey
four years. He officiated as magistrate
over forty years and as associate judge of the county several terms. As magistrate, he was the trial justice and
officiated at nearly 200 weddings. Early
in life he began practice in justice’s courts and continued successfully until
old age compelled him to relinquish the work.
In the spring of 1857 he removed to Humphrey, where he gave his
attention to his farm, the various offices which he held, and his law
practice. In 1868, he removed to
Virginia, where he was postmaster; but five years later returned to Carrolton,
where he died January 25, 1880. Mrs.
FULLER survived him until December 24, 1887.
Their children were: Philetus
M., born May 4, 1823, now of Smethport ,
Pa, a soldier in the union army five years, a magistrate eight years, associate
judge five years, county commissioner
six years, and has been a heavy oil producer;
Lafayette T., born March 25,
1825, living near Bradford, PA; Manley
C., born April 3, 1827, a magistrate in Carrolton several years, removed to
Rochester, Minnesota in 1865, was elected to the legislature in 1868 and in
1870; Dolly P., born May 8, 1829, widow
of Marcus McMILLEN, of Olean; Romanzo
E., born May 22, 1833, married Harriet, daughter of Calvin LEONARD, September
11, 1853 and their children are Herbert C., a railroad bridge builder in Nebraska,
Jerome H., a farmer and oil well driller near Limestone, and Sam R., an oil
producer in Forest county, PA; Desire
E., born November 3, 1835, widow of Almanzer JONES, of Allegany; and Millard F., born February 15, 1850, died
at the age of fourteen years. Romanzo E.
FULLER is a carpenter and builder by trade, which until recently has been his
avocation. He was elected magistrate of
Carrolton in 1866 and has served in that position twenty-four years. He has also held other important town
offices.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Carrolton –
Chapter XIX (20)
Page 474
Surnames: GREENWOOD, ROCKWELL
Joseph GREENWOOD, son of Robert, was born
in Manchester, England in 1843, emigrated to America with his parents in 1848,
and settled fi rst in Massachusetts, where he resided until twelve years
old. His mother died in 1855, and Joseph
then had a home with his grandparents in Patterson, NJ, with whom he lived
until 1859, when he became an apprentice to the trade of tinner in Orange, NJ,
where he remained until 1862. He then
enlisted in the 26th N. J. Vols. and was honorably discharged June 7,
1863. In March 1864, he enlisted in the
US Navy and was discharged in June 1865.
Mr. GREENWOOD settled on Oil creek in August, 1865, and was a tinner
there until 1871, when he began dealing in hardware and oil supplies in Salem.
PA. In 1876, he came to Limestone and
opened a general hardware store, which he still conducts. Mr. GREENWOOD is a staunch republican, but is
not an office seeker. In 1868, he
married Celestia A. ROCKWELL, of Summit, PA and they have had four children, of
whom Joseph P. and John W. are now living.
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Bio from:
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical
Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893
History of the Town of Carrolton –
Chapter XIX (20)
Pages 474 & 475
Surnames: GRIMES, DUDLEY,
HORTON
William GRIMES was born in